| Contents |
Introduction : the Islamic State in comparative context -- Jihadist insurgency : failure and destruction breed resilience -- Islamic regression, jihadist frustration and Takfirist hyper violence -- The Islamic state Islamist "fifth wave" Islamist worldview -- The Islamic State's impact on jihadist insurgency in Iraq and Syria -- The Islamic State's reorientation of jihad in Egypt and Libya -- The Islamic State's impact on jihadist war in Nigeria and Mali -- The Islamic State's totalistic war against the West -- The jihadist forever war : six key conclusions. |
| Abstract |
The book examines the progressive radicalization of modern Sunni jihadist movements from a comparative perspective. It links growing jihadist extremism to past failures and analyzes the rise and fall of the Islamic State's "caliphate" as the culmination of this evolution. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Celso, Anthony. Islamic state. Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2018 9781498569798 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2018014961 |
| ISBN | 9781498569781 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 1498569781 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
