The master plan : ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and the jihadi strategy for final victory / Brian H. Fishman.

Author/creator Fishman, Brian author.
Format Book
PublicationNew Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
Descriptionxx, 354 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Prologue: The Kandahar Meeting -- 1. The Awakening Stage (2000-2003) -- 2. The Eye-Opening Stage (2003-2006) -- 3. The Stage of Standing Upright (2007-2010) -- 4. The Stage of Recuperation (2010-2013) -- 5. The Stage of Declaring the State (2013-2016) -- The Stage of Absolute Confrontation (2016-2018) -- 7. The Stage of Final Victory (2018-2020).
Abstract "Drawing on troves of recently declassified documents captured from the Islamic State and its predecessors, counterterrorism expert Brian Fishman tells the story of this organization's complex and largely hidden past.- and what the master plan suggests about its future. Only by understanding the Islamic State's full history- and the strategy that drove it- can we understand the contradictions that may ultimately tear it apart" -- dust jacket.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 265-338) and index.
ISBN9780300221497 hardcover
ISBN0300221495 hardcover