List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Islamic State and Political Violence in the Early
Twenty-First Century
1. Al Qaeda’s Matrix
2. Apocalypse Iraq
3. From Qaedat al Jihad to Al Dawla al Islamiya
4. Modernity and the Globalised Insurgent
Conclusion: Colonialism Boomerang
Glossary
Chronology
Notes
Index
Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou is the author of A Theory of ISIS and Understanding Al Qaeda. His writing brought a fresh approach to the studies of extremism, conflict, political violence and peace-building. He was a committed pan-Africanist and pan-Arabist. He worked as Professor of International History at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, and served as Mauritia’s youngest foreign minister in 2008.
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