Haroro J. Ingram is a senior research fellow at George Washington University's Program on Extremism.
Craig Whiteside teaches National Security Affairs at the Naval War
College Monterey, California.
Charlie Winter is a senior research fellow at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalization, King's College London.
"An absolutely essential reference work for understanding ISIS's
astonishing rise and fall. The editors have masterfully assembled a
collection of compelling documents that shed important light on
ISIS's ideology, world view, and approaches to warfare and
governance, and its place in the Salafi-Jihadi universe." -- Bruce
Hoffman, Professor of Security Studies, Georgetown University, and
author of Inside Terrorism
"An extraordinary resource for all defenders of pluralism and the
free society."-- Areo Magazine
"Each author of The ISIS Reader is individually brilliant and
authoritative. Together, they have created an essential work,
combining carefully curated primary sources with deeply informed
analysis that will guide the study of ISIS for years to come." --
J.M. Berger, Associate Fellow, International Centre for
Counter-Terrorism, and co-author of ISIS: The State of Terror
"The authors have done a meticulous job of translating key ISIS
texts and tying them together into a coherent, historical
narrative. The book is rigorous and authoritative--an essential
resource for anyone seeking to understand the Islamic State
phenomenon."-- Anne Stenersen, Research Fellow, Norwegian Defense
Research Establishment (FFI)
"You've seen their graphic violence, but have you read their texts?
Few have, but now three leading jihadism experts have parsed the
ISIS corpus and produced a fascinating guide through the
Caliphate's dark ideological world."--Thomas Hegghammer, Senior
Research Fellow, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment
"[The ISIS Reader] offers a rich view of the signal moments in the
Islamic State's early and recent history, coupled with analysis and
commentary that is incisive and will be helpful as the world
considers the future trajectory of the Islamic State. . . . This
book will be a valuable resource to scholars from a variety of
different disciplines and methodological perspectives."-- Terrorism
and Political Violence
"An enormously useful set of carefully curated primary sources that
cuts through the fog of when, why and how ISIS emerged and
evolved." -- Elisabeth Kendall, Senior Research Fellow, University
of Oxford
"A remarkable work of textual historiography, The ISIS Reader
blends a careful selection of primary sources with insightful
analysis. Scholarly yet accessible, it is an indispensable resource
to better understand the world's deadliest terrorist
organization."-- Lorenzo Vidino, Director of the Program on
Extremism, George Washington University
"An important work that should be read by anyone interested in
truly understanding the history of the Islamic State."--
Perspectives on Terrorism"The authors have painstakingly translated
documents, basic texts, press statements and retributory
literature, analysing and explaining with copious footnotes, that
help the reader understand the ISIS monster and its tentacles." --
The Muslim World Book Review
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