Irregular War

Islamic State and the New Threat from the Margins

by Paul Rogers

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Pub Date Sep 30 2016 | Archive Date Aug 31 2016

I.B.Tauris

Nonfiction (Adult)

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From atrocities on the streets of Europe to future access to weapons of mass destruction, ISIS is one of the gravest threats facing the world today. But is ISIS and its particular brand of headline-grabbing brutality an isolated aberration, or part of a disturbing emerging pattern?

In this original and important new book, distinguished global security expert Paul Rogers argues that we have entered a new era in international politics. From ISIS, and Al-Qaeda in the Middle East, to Boko-Haram and Al-Shabab in Africa, groups from the new ‘marginal majority’ are rising up to challenge traditional states with a new form of asymmetric and hybrid warfare which governments in the west are ill equipped to deal with.

From atrocities on the streets of Europe to future access to weapons of mass destruction, ISIS is one of the gravest threats facing the world today. But is ISIS and its particular brand of...

Advance Praise

“The catastrophe of the so-called ‘war on terror’ exposed in brilliant detail by the towering intellect of Prof. Paul Rogers.” - OWEN JONES

“a masterly summary of a debate that we are emphatically not having, but which we certainly should” - PROFESSOR MICHAEL CLARKE, Former Director General, Royal United Services Institute

“Paul Rogers does it again. The picture he paints in this important book... asks fundamental questions of modern armies. Are they equipped for the challenges we face? ” - DAVID LOYN, Foreign Affairs Analyst and Author of ‘Butcher and Bolt: Two hundred years of foreign engagement in Afghanistan’

“Offers an outstanding analysis... an essential contribution to thinking about the best way to confront the challenges of an unstable world” - CHARLES CLARKE, Former UK Home Secretary

“The catastrophe of the so-called ‘war on terror’ exposed in brilliant detail by the towering intellect of Prof. Paul Rogers.” - OWEN JONES

“a masterly summary of a debate that we are emphatically...