Title How ISIS Fights : Military Tactics in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt.

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Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2021.

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Description	1 online resource (257 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Note	Description based upon print version of record.
Contents	Intro -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword by Larry P. Goodson -- 1. Is it Mainly Tactics? -- 2. Implodes but Expands: How the 'Islamic State' Fights in Iraq -- 3. Explodes and Expands: How the 'Islamic State' Fights in Syria -- 4. Reloads but Implodes: How the 'Islamic State' Fights in Libya -- 5. Lures and Endures: How 'Sinai Province' Fights in Egypt -- 6. Agency with a Tactical Edge -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary	Omar Ashour analyses the military and tactical innovations of ISIS and their predecessors in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt. He shows how their capacity to mix conventional military tactics with innovative guerrilla warfare and urban terrorism strategies allowed ISIS to expand and endure beyond expectations.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-234) and index.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	IS (Organization)
	IS (Organization)
	Guerrilla warfare -- Middle East.
	Guerrilla warfare.
	Middle East.
	Terrorism -- Middle East.
	Terrorism.
	Tactics.
	Tactics.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Ashour, Omar How ISIS Fights Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,c2021 9781474438216
ISBN	1474438237
	9781474438230 (electronic book)
	9781474495554 (electronic book)
	1474495559 (electronic book)
	9781474438216
	1474438210
	9781474438223
	1474438229

Title How ISIS Fights : Military Tactics in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt.

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