TY - BOOK ID - 149903802 TI - Islamic state : the digital caliphate PY - 2015 PB - London : Saqi, DB - UniCat KW - Terrorism and mass media. KW - IS (Organization) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:149903802 AB - In this timely and important book, Abdel Bari Atwan draws on his unrivalled knowledge of the global jihadi movement and Middle Eastern geopolitics to reveal the origins and modus operandi of Islamic State. Based on extensive field research and exclusive interviews with IS insiders, Atwan offers a comprehensive review of the group's organisational structure and leadership, strategies, tactics and diverse methods of recruitment. He traces the salafi-jihadi lineage of IS, its ideological differences with al-Qaida, and the deadly rivalry that has emerged between their leaders. Atwan also shows h ER -