Research Catalog

Title

Irregular war : ISIS and the new threat from the margins / paul Rogers.

Author

Rogers, Paul.

Publication

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., 2016.

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Details

Description

xii, 244 pages; 22 cm

Summary

To what extent does ISIS pose an existential danger to our world? Or is it merely a threat from the margins of inherently unstable states in faraway places? Should ISIS be feared because of its future access to weapons of mass destruction? Or is it simply adept at grabbing land as well as headlines? ISIS (or the Islamic State) is the most dramatic expression of a new era in international politics: uprisings which transform into "irregular warfare". ISIS, Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, Al Shabab, the Taliban are all separate manifestations of a new non-state dynamic which has begun to drive international conflict and which now represents a new form of asymmetric and hybrid warfare. In this important and original new analysis, Paul Rogers, the distinguished global security specialist, provides a much-needed account of the rise of such global terrorist movements from the margins and presents a new argument as troubling as it is compelling: if the rise of ISIS can overthrow powerful states in a matter of weeks, what kind of a secure future can the world expect?

Alternative Title

ISIS and the new threat from the margins

Subject

• IS (Organization)
• Terrorism > Religious aspects > Islam
• Terrorism > Religious aspects
• Security, International

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFD 16-3580

ISBN

• 9781784534882
• 1784534889

OCLC

956357823

Author

Rogers, Paul.

Title

Irregular war : ISIS and the new threat from the margins / paul Rogers.

Publisher

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., 2016.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JFD 16-3580