The Islamic State

A Comparative History of Jihadist Warfare

Anthony Celso

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Year: 2018
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781978751583
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: International Relations
• Index: Politics & International Relations

This book analyses the Islamic State (IS) within a comparative framework of past Sunni jihadist movements. It argues jihadist failure to overthrow Muslim apostate states has led to a progressive radicalization of violent Islamist terror networks. This outcome has contributed over time to more brutal jihadist doctrines and tactics contributing to a total war doctrine strategy targeting Muslim apostate states (the near enemy), non-Muslim civilizations ( the far enemy) and sectarian minorities (heterodox Muslims and Christians). These extremist tendencies have been building for over a generation and have reached their culmination in the rise and fall of the Islamic State's caliphate. Given past tendencies the emergence of yet even more radical Sunni jihadist movement is probable.

Table of contents

• Cover
• The Islamic State
• The Islamic State: A Comparative History of Jihadist Warfare
• copyright page
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: The Islamic State in Comparative Context
• Chapter 1
• Jihadist Insurgency
• Chapter 2
• Islamic Regression, Jihadist Frustration, and Takfirist Hyper Violence
• Chapter 3
• The Islamic State’s “Fifth Wave” Islamist Worldview
• Chapter 4
• The Islamic State’s Impact on Jihadist Insurgency in Iraq and Syria
• Chapter 5
• The Islamic State’s Reorientation of Jihad in Egypt and Libya
• Chapter 6
• The Islamic State’s Impact on the Jihadist War in Nigeria and Mali
• Chapter 7
• The Islamic State’s Totalistic War against the West
• Chapter 8
• The Jihadist Forever War
• Index
• About the Author