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A deeply reported book of remarkable clarity showing how the flawed rationale for the iraq war led to the explosive growth of the islamic state. The alqaeda mole who infiltrated the cia, draws on more than 200 interviews, many of them with. Aug 04, 2016 black flags tells the story of the rise of isis, from its origins in a remote jordanian prison to its stunning success in syria. The rise of isis and millions of other books are available for instant. The war in western europe, 19441945 a crisply written, chilling account. Black flags is a chilling, well written examination of the events that led to the formation of isis. The book tracks the groups unlikely roots and transformation into the worlds most feared terrorist organization as well as the small band of. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read black flags. Joby warrick was awarded the pulitzer prize for this. This detailed literature summary also contains topics for discussion on black flags. The war in western europe, 19441945 joby warrick weaves black flags with the tradecraft of a spy, the mind of an investigative reporter, and the pen of a novelist. Warrick identifies a number of factors that assisted isis rise, including repressive arab regimes, conflict between sunni and shia muslims, and u. In black flags, an unprecedented characterdriven account of the rise of isis, joby warrick shows how the zeal of this one man and the strategic mistakes of. The gangsterterrorist who gave us isis washington post.
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The black flags of this books title refer to the banners carried by the islamic state of iraq and syria the group of extremists sometimes called daesh, sometimes the islamic state of iraq and the levant, but most frequently referred to as isis. The rise of isis makes a complicated mess easier to understand. Winner of the 2016 pulitzer prize for general nonfiction a best book of 2015the new york times, the washington post. The rise of isis, washington post reporter joby warrick sets out to explain how a motley group of criminals considered too unruly by al qaeda transformed into. In black flags, an unprecedented characterdriven account of the rise of isis, joby warrick shows how the zeal of this one man and the strategic mistakes of presidents bush and obama led. In black flags, an unprecedented characterdriven account of the rise of isis, joby warrick shows how the zeal of this one man and the strategic mistakes of presidents bush and obama led to the banner of isis being raised over huge swaths of syria and iraq. This book would be appropriate for anyone who erroneously believes that the us has acted with unequivocal moral righteousness since the. He has twice won the pulitzer prize, for journalism and for his book black flags. His family ties to saddam husseins army were strong.
In his book the isis apocalypse, he traces the rise of a lowermiddle class man born in 1971 in the hardline sunni city of samarra, iraq. The alqaeda mole who infiltrated the cia, draws on more than 200 interviews, many of. Joby warrick creates the most revealing portrait yet laid out in a book of. Joby warrick creates the most revealing portrait yet laid out in a book of abu musab alzarqawi, the founding father of the organization that would become the islamic state, or isis. In black flags, an unprecedented characterdriven account of the rise of isis, pulitzer prizewinning reporter joby warrick shows how the zeal of this one man and the strategic mistakes of presidents bush and obama led to the banner of isis being raised over huge swaths of syria and iraq. Black flags by joby warrick penguin books australia. Readable and accessible to anyone with an interest in how we ended up with isis, his pulitzer prizewinning narrative of the rise of the terrorist cum state of the islamic state of syria and iraq is a mustread. In black flags, an unprecedented account of the rise of isis, joby warrick shows how the zeal of this one man and the strategic mistakes of presidents bush and obama led to the banner of isis being raised over huge swaths of syria and iraq. I think the book suffers some due to it being quite blackandwhite, and to me, it seems the author hasnt performed any indepth interviews with people. It won the 2016 pulitzer prize for general nonfiction. Joby warrick is an exceptional storyteller, and black flags is both illuminating and spellbinding. Nov 19, 2015 in his book the isis apocalypse, he traces the rise of a lowermiddle class man born in 1971 in the hardline sunni city of samarra, iraq.
Oct 02, 2015 the gangsterterrorist who gave us isis by. In his book the isis apocalypse, mccants traces the rise of a lowermiddle class man born in 1971 in the hardline sunni city of samarra, iraq. The rise of isis from the worlds largest community of readers. No book better explains the miscalculations, wrong turns, and bad luck that led to the rise of isis. Black flags the rise of isis from the 1st page this book grips like a superbly written thriller by the likes of tom clancy but its all history and very real in our time, one of the most cinematic books ive read every page is well written and descriptive, a book of the moment and for time to come. The book tracks the groups unlikely roots and transformation into the worlds most feared terrorist organization as well as the small band of american and international agents tasked with shutting it down. Nov 27, 2015 in his book the isis apocalypse, mccants traces the rise of a lowermiddle class man born in 1971 in the hardline sunni city of samarra, iraq. There are a bunch of detailed descriptions on what goes down in quite a few of the infamous isis execution videos, and only where famous western mainly american persons are featured.