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Daesh (ePub)

Islamic State’s Holy War

Military

By Anthony Tucker-Jones
Imprint: Pen & Sword Military
Series: History of Terror
File Size: 7.4 MB (.epub)
Pages: 128
Illustrations: 60
ISBN: 9781526728821
Published: 30th September 2018

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As reviewed in the Washington Post

'How the genocidal successor to al Qaeda persists', a review published in the Washington Post, May 2019.

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Anthony Tucker-Jones is only too familiar with the modern architects of terror. For the past decade and a half he has worked as the terrorism and security correspondent for the highly respected intersec – The Journal of International Security. During that time he has written extensively on al Qaeda and Daesh. This book draws on his experience to assess Islamic State’s brutal Holy War that has brought terror and mayhem to the four corners of the globe.

The emergence of terror group Islamic State, or Daesh, has created one of the greatest threats to global security in the twenty-first century. Spawned from the conflicts in Iraq and Syria, it carved out an Islamic caliphate straddling both failed countries. Since then it has wantonly despoiled world heritage sites, engaged in regional genocide and conducted regular terror attacks against capital cities across the world, killing irrespective of race, colour, creed, gender or age.

Like its predecessor, al Qaeda, Daesh’s most potent and insidious weapon is franchise terrorism. It has inspired clutches of deadly wannabee terrorists who have carried out a wave of what can be best described as war crimes, killing innocent civilians. In this perceptive assessment Tucker-Jones highlights how the West has become caught up in what is essentially a civil war between Shia and Sunni Islam, with deadly results.

A concise book and a valuable resource for understanding the magnitude of the threat posed by the Islamic State and what must be done to defeat it.

Washington Times

This short book presents the story of the rise and fall of the Islamic State caliphate and its ongoing global legacy of terrorism dispassionately and with apparent accuracy. I commend it to anyone interested in the topic.

RUSI NSW

For someone wanting a background [on Daesh], they will like this book.

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About Anthony Tucker-Jones

Anthony Tucker-Jones, a former intelligence officer, is an author and commentator who specialises in military history, with more than 50 books to his name. His work has also been published in an array of magazines and online. He regularly appears on television and radio programmes commenting on current and historical military matters. His books include Armoured Warfare in the North African CampaignThe Battle for the MediterraneanThe Desert Air WarThe Devil’s BridgeHitler’s Winter and Churchill Master and Commander.

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