{"product_id":"how-isis-fights-military-tactics-in-iraq-syria-libya-and-egypt-9781474438223","title":"How Isis Fights: Military Tactics in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow did ISIS - a widely hated, massively outnumbered and ludicrously outgunned organisation - manage to occupy over 120 cities, towns and villages from the Southern Philippines to Western Libya? Seeking to understand ISIS's combat effectiveness, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Omar Ashour\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474438223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOmar Ashour is a Professor of Security and Military Studies and the Founding Chair of the Critical Security Studies Programme at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eHow ISIS Fights: Military Tactics in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt\u003c\/i\u003e (Edinburgh University Press, 2021) and \u003ci\u003eThe De-Radicalization of Jihadists: Transforming Armed Islamist Movements\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2009), as well as the editor of \u003ci\u003eBullets to Ballots: Collective De-Radicalisation of Armed Movements\u003c\/i\u003e (Edinburgh University Press, 2021).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45125213028467,"sku":"9781474438223","price":28.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_4057fbf5-63de-4469-af68-e657f6f8194d.jpg?v=1782232198","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/how-isis-fights-military-tactics-in-iraq-syria-libya-and-egypt-9781474438223","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}