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OverviewIn a thrilling dramatic narrative, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Joby Warrick traces how the strain of militant Islam behind ISIS first arose in a remote Jordanian prison and spread to become the world's greatest threat. When the government of Jordan granted amnesty to a group of political prisoners in 1999, it little realized that among them was Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a terrorist mastermind and soon the architect of an Islamist movement bent on dominating the Middle East. In Black Flags, an unprecedented character-driven account of the rise of ISIS, Joby Warrick shows how the zeal of this one man and the strategic mistakes of Western governments led to the banner of ISIS being raised over huge swathes of Syria and Iraq. Zarqawi began by directing terror attacks from a base in northern Iraq, but it was the allied invasion in 2003 that catapulted him to the head of a vast insurgency. By falsely identifying him as the link between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden, Western officials inadvertently spurred like-minded radicals to rally to his cause. Their wave of brutal beheadings and suicide bombings persisted until American and Jordanian intellig Full Product DetailsAuthor: Joby WarrickPublisher: Random House USA Inc Imprint: Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.493kg ISBN: 9780593076828ISBN 10: 0593076826 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 29 September 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsJoby Warrick moves easily through the intelligence warrens of Washington and the shattered landscape of the Middle East to tell this insightful narrative of the rise of the Islamic State. Black Flags is an invaluable guide to an unfolding tragedy that must be understood before it can be ended. Lawrence Wright, author of Thirteen Days in September and The Looming Tower Joby Warrick is one of America's leading national security reporters, so it's no surprise that Black Flags is the most deeply reported and well-written account we have about ISIS and its terrorist army. Peter Bergen, author of Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for bin Laden from 9/11 to Abbottabad A page-turner and a flat-out great book. This is the inside account of how we ended up with the Islamic State, with one revelation after another. If you read one book on ISIS, this is it. Robert Baer, author of See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism Drawing on his unrivaled sources and access, Joby Warrick has written a profoundly important and groundbreaking book, one that reads like a novel, riveting from the first page to the last. If you want to know the story behind ISIS, and all of us should, this is the book you must read. Martha Raddatz, Chief Global Affairs Correspondent, ABC News, and author of The Long Road Home: A Story of War and Family Joby Warrick is an exceptional storyteller, and Black Flags is both illuminating and spellbinding. No book better explains the miscalculations, wrong turns, and bad luck that led to the rise of ISIS. Rick Atkinson, author of The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 A page-turner and a flat-out great book. This is the inside account of how we ended up with the Islamic State, with one revelation after another. If you read one book on ISIS, this is it. Robert Baer, author of See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism Joby Warrick is an exceptional storyteller, and Black Flags is both illuminating and spellbinding. No book better explains the miscalculations, wrong turns, and bad luck that led to the rise of ISIS. Rick Atkinson, author of The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 Drawing on his unrivaled sources and access, Joby Warrick has written a profoundly important and groundbreaking book, one that reads like a novel, riveting from the first page to the last. If you want to know the story behind ISIS, and all of us should, this is the book you must read. Martha Raddatz, Chief Global Affairs Correspondent, ABC News, and author of The Long Road Home: A Story of War and Family Joby Warrick weaves Black Flags with the tradecraft of a spy, the mind of an investigative reporter, and the pen of a novelist. Dana Priest, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter and author of Top Secret America [A] crisply written, chilling account ... Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Warrick confidently weaves a cohesive narrative from an array of players-American officials, CIA officers, Jordanian royalty and security operatives, religious figures, and terrorists-producing an important geopolitical overview with the grisly punch of true-crime nonfiction ... The author focuses on dramatic flashpoints and the roles of key players, creating an exciting tale with a rueful tone, emphasizing how the Iraq invasion's folly birthed ISIS and created many missed opportunities to stop al-Zarqawi quickly. Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) Author InformationJOBY WARRICK has been a reporter for The Washington Post since 1996. He is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for journalism, and the author of The Triple Agent. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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