The Way Of The Strangers: Encounters With The Islamic State

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' Gripping revelatory unrivalled' Tom Holland New Statesman' From Mosul to Melbourne from Cairo to Tokyo from London to Oslo from Connecticut to California Graeme Wood's quest to understand the Islamic State is a round-the-world journey to the end of the night' Niall Ferguson 'A hugely important book Indispensable' David Aaronovitch The Times A radical rethinking of what ISIS is & what it really wants From Graeme Wood author of the explosive Atlantic cover story " What ISIS Really Wants" comes the definitive book on the history psychology character & aims of the Islamic State Based on Wood's unprecedented access to supporters recruiters & high-ranking members of the most infamous jihadist group in the world The Way of the Strangers is a riveting fast-paced deep dive into the apocalyptic dogma that informs the group's worldview from the ideas that motivate it to the "fatwa factory" that produces its laws to its very specific plans for the future By accepting that ISIS truly believes the end is nigh we can understand its strategy-and predict what it will do next