The Age of Jihad: Islamic State and the Great War for the Middle East

Verso, London, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 449 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. A fine unread copy.. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. From the award-winning author of The Rise of Islamic State, the essential story of the Middle East's disintegration. The Age of Jihad charts the turmoil of today's Middle East and the devastating role the West has played in the region from 2001 to the present. Beginning with the US-led invasion of Afghanistan, Cockburn explores the vast geopolitical struggle that is the Sunni-Shia conflict, a clash that shapes the war on terror, western military interventions, the evolution of the insurgency, the civil wars in Yemen, Libya and Syria, the Arab Spring, the fall of regional dictators, and the rise of Islamic State. As Cockburn shows in arresting detail, Islamic State did not explode into existence in Syria in the wake of the Arab Spring, as conventional wisdom would have it. The organization gestated over several years in occupied Iraq, before growing to the point where it can threaten the stability of the whole region. Cockburn was the first Western journalist to warn of the dangers posed by Islamic State. His originality and breadth of vision make The Age of Jihad the most in-depth analysis of the regional crisis in the Middle East to date. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: International Affairs, Politics, Terrorism; Middle East; Middle East; Modern; History. ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9781784784492. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9314. . 9781784784492