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ISIS exposed : beheadings, slavery, and the hellish reality of radical Islam / Erick Stakelbeck.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Washington, DC : Regnery Publishing, a division of Salem Media Group, [2015]Distributor: New York, NY : Distributed to the trade by Perseus Distribution Description: 278 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 162157377X (hardcover)
  • 9781621573777 (hardcover)
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Contents:
Prologue : The Islamic state of Minnesota -- The caliphate returns -- Hell awaits : welcome to the Islamic state -- Target America : why you should care about ISIS -- Heartland horror : the American recruits -- Jihadi cool : hip-hoppin' and head choppin' -- London falling : the battle for Britain -- Amsterdamned : ISIS over Europe -- America fiddles and the world burns.
Summary: "Terrorism expert Erick Stakelbeck pulls back the curtain on ISIS, the violent terrorist organization spreading death and hate in the Middle East. The rise of ISIS took the White House by complete surprise: President Obama called the group "JV," then was forced to reassess when ISIS began executing innocent American journalists. Now radicalized Americans and Europeans are joining ISIS' ranks. So who is ISIS? How powerful are they, and are they a threat to the homeland? Stakelbeck, a veteran national security reporter and a leading authority on the Middle East, has produced the definitive guide to America's most recent and most frightening enemy. "-- Provided by publisher.
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The terror masters of ISIS are determined to get America's attention. They've humiliated the Iraqi Army we trained and seized territory in Iraq that we had secured at the cost of so many American lives. They've beheaded American journalists on camera in a direct challenge to the power and resolve of the United States. And now ISIS is calling for "city wolves" across the United States to act on their dedication to the Islamic State's blood-drenched ideology and murder innocent American citizens at random.

Who is ISIS? Where did it come from, and what is driving its successful campaign of murder and conquest? Our government and our media alike seemed to be blindsided by the Islamic State's blitzkrieg-like advance, which forced American troops back into Iraq. ISIS has conquered a territory roughly the size of the state of Indiana, rules over eight million terrorized souls, and has even revived the practice of legal slavery. And yet the true motivations, inner workings, and future plans of this terror state and its mysterious caliph seem almost as obscure as when ISIS first burst onto the world scene. In ISIS Exposed , veteran investigative reporter Erick Stakelbeck gets inside the story of the new caliphate and reveals just how clear and present a threat it is.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-263) and index.

Prologue : The Islamic state of Minnesota -- The caliphate returns -- Hell awaits : welcome to the Islamic state -- Target America : why you should care about ISIS -- Heartland horror : the American recruits -- Jihadi cool : hip-hoppin' and head choppin' -- London falling : the battle for Britain -- Amsterdamned : ISIS over Europe -- America fiddles and the world burns.

"Terrorism expert Erick Stakelbeck pulls back the curtain on ISIS, the violent terrorist organization spreading death and hate in the Middle East. The rise of ISIS took the White House by complete surprise: President Obama called the group "JV," then was forced to reassess when ISIS began executing innocent American journalists. Now radicalized Americans and Europeans are joining ISIS' ranks. So who is ISIS? How powerful are they, and are they a threat to the homeland? Stakelbeck, a veteran national security reporter and a leading authority on the Middle East, has produced the definitive guide to America's most recent and most frightening enemy. "-- Provided by publisher.

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