The West's War Against Islamic State
eBook - ePub

The West's War Against Islamic State

Operation Inherent Resolve in Syria and Iraq

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The West's War Against Islamic State

Operation Inherent Resolve in Syria and Iraq

About this book

On the 29th of June 2014 ISIS declared the establishment of a caliphate stretching across territories in Iraq and Syria. In response, Operation Inherent Resolve, a US-led 77 nation coalition, was launched to respond to the threat of Islamic State. The West's War Against Islamic State offers the first history of Operation Inherent Resolve and the West's war against ISIS, from its inception in 2014 to the fall of Raqqa in 2017. Andrew Mumford offers a comprehensive analysis and assessment of the military campaign deployed against ISIS in Syria and Iraq by examining the West's strategic objectives as well as the conflicting interests of rival powers, namely Russia, Iran and Turkey. By examining individual operational components of this military engagement such as drone usage, cyber warfare, special forces operations and sponsorship of guerrilla forces, this book offers a unique insight into the nature of modern warfare.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Title Page
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Introduction
  7. 1 The Rise of ISIS and the Creation of the Coalition
  8. 2 America’s War – From ‘Degrade and Destroy’ to the ‘Defeat’ of ISIS
  9. 3 The Proxy Wars For and Against ISIS
  10. 4 On the Ground and in the Air – Assessing the Special Forces Operations, Local Force Training Missions, and Aerial Campaign Against ISIS
  11. 5 Fighting ISIS by Other Means – The Cyber and Finance War
  12. 6 The Alternative War: Russia, Iran, and Turkey Against ISIS
  13. Conclusion: Operation Inherent Resolve and the Future of ISIS
  14. Notes
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index
  17. Copyright