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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823497903321

Autore

Lister Charles R.

Titolo

The Syrian Jihad : Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and the evolution of an insurgency / / Charles R. Lister

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-19-061318-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (516 p.)

Disciplina

363.325

Soggetti

Terrorism - Middle East

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Part I: Setting the Scene; 1. Breaking Down the Barriers: Protest; 2. Underlying Instability; 3. Syria's Flirtation with Jihadism; Part II: First on the Scene; 4. March-December 2011: Jabhat Al-Nusra Forms; 5. January-August 2012: Jabhat Al-Nusra Emerges; 6. September 2012-March 2013: Jabhat Al-Nusra Rises; Part III: Making a Scene; 7. April-June 2013: The Islamic State Joins the Conflict; 8. July-December 2013: Rising Tensions; 9. January-April 2014: Turning Against the Islamic State

Part IV: Caliphates, Emirates and Divergence10. May-August 2014: Declaring a Caliphate; 11. The Islamic State; 12. September-December 2014: Strikes and Divisions; 13. January-June 2015: Tipping the Scales; 14. The Syrian Jihad; Notes; Bibliography; Index