Author: Dr. Adil Rasheed
Pages: 188
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9789384464776
Size: 6 * 9
Publication Date: Aug 2015
Price: 795/-
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The sudden emergence of the so-called Islamic State (generally referred to as the ISIS) in territories of Iraq and Syria in 2014, shocked the world with its gruesome acts of extreme violence and brutality, its blow to the Westphalian system of the nation state and its messianic drive to instigate a global war of apocalyptic proportions. With more wealth and fighters than Al-Qaeda, the ISIS has stolen the thunder from every other Islamist and Jihadist outfit by declaring the territory under its control as the Caliphate (which has always been the ultimate Islamist utopia).
Various international organizations, government agencies and media outlets remain baffled to this day over the genesis, modus operandi, warfare and global outreach behind the ISIS’ spectacular success.
This book seeks to investigate and explore most of these questions and also recommends ways in countering the ISIS threat both ideologically and militarily.
About the Author
Dr Adil Rasheed is a Senior Research Fellow at the United Service Institution of India and a media commentator on West Asian geopolitics. He was earlier Researcher at the Middle East’s premier think tank, The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (2006 to 2014). His analytical features appear in leading Middle East newspapers and publications. He was awarded Ph.D. from JMI University, New Delhi, in 1995.
Content
Chapter One. Introduction: The Genesis of ISIS
1. Rise to Global Infamy
2. Vision and Motto
3. Significance of the ISIS Threat
4. Morphing Identities, Changing Names
5. The Genesis
Chapter Two. Ideology: Quest for the Caliphate
6. Islam and ‘Islamism’ in the Modern Age
7. The Failure of Secular Pan-Arabism
8. Ascendance of Wahhabi-Salafi Movements
9. Al-Qaeda and the Justification of Terror
10. Ideological Dissonance Within Al-Qaeda After 9/11
11. ISIS’ Ideology
Chapter Three. Organization: Method in Madness
12. Forces and Weaponry
13. Provincial Sub-Divisions (Wilayahs)
14. Leadership Structure
15. Bureaucracy
16. Funding
17. Administration and Governance
Chapter IV. Warfare: Terror for Territory
18. Strategic Divergences with Al-Qaeda
19. Formative Influences on Warfare
20. The Five-Step Action Plan
21. Fourth Generation Warfare (4GW)
22. Maneuver Warfare of the Mongols
23. Terrorism As Military Tactics
24. Human Rights Violations
25. ISIS and the WMDs
26. Weaknesses in Warfare and Recent Reversals
Chapter V. Metastasizing Monstrosity and Global Response
27. ISIS Global: Blood Across the Seas
28. Outreach of the Cyber Caliphate
29. Growing Influence in Arabian Peninsula
30. ‘First Drops of Rain’ in Africa
31. US and Europe: ISIS Claims ‘Countdown to Terror’
32. Rising Threat in Eurasia and Central Asia
33. The Spectre in Southeast Asia
34. ISIS in the Indian Subcontinent
35. Operation Inherent Resolve: The US-led Multinational Coalition
36. Assessment of the US-led Campaign of Airstrikes
37. Islamic Scholars Speak Out Against the ISIS
38. Conspiracy Theories and the ‘Yonin Plan’
39. How Should India Respond to the ISIS Threat
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