This argument, made by columnists michael weiss and hassan hassan in their new book isis. Wall street journal top 10 books on terrorism a remarkable book. Hassan cowrote the book with journalist michael weiss. The islamic state, known as isis, exploded into the public eye in 2014 with startling speed and shocking brutality. Inside the army of terror, american journalist michael weiss and syrian analyst hassan hassan explain how these violent extremists evolved from a nearly defeated iraqi insurgent group into a jihadi army of international volunteers who behead western hostages in slickly produced videos and have conquered territory equal to the size of. Inside the army of terror, seems supported by recent events. Berger, a contributor to foreign policy magazine, covers much of the same ground but with less granular detail. Over the ensuing years, the terrorist organization has evolved into a transnational arms and oil trafficking cartel capable of deploying foot soldiers anywhere in the middle east. Inside the army of terror, american journalist michael weiss and syrian analyst hassan hassan explain how these violent extremists evolved from a nearly defeated iraqi insurgent group into a jihadi army of international volunteers who have conquered territory equal to the size of great britain. The book explains how isis was created in the wake of a split between two alqaida leaders, osama bin laden and the even more fanatical abu musab alzarqawi. Inside the army of terror, american journalist michael weiss and syrian analyst hassan hassan explain how these violent extremists evolved from a nearly defeated iraqi insurgent group into a jihadi army of international volunteers who, with slickly produced murder videos, are spreading violence and mayhem across the globe. This work contributes to the developing sphere of scholarship about isis and makes its own arguments, implicitly and explicitly, about what one must understand about isis.
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