TY - BOOK ID - 96161165 TI - Black Banners of ISIS : The Roots of the New Caliphate PY - 2017 SN - 9780300228359 030022835X 0300231431 9780300231434 PB - New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Terrorism KW - Religious aspects KW - Islam KW - IS (Organization) KW - Terrorism - Religious aspects - Islam KW - Terrorists KW - Criminals KW - Islam and terrorism KW - Islam. KW - ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) KW - ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) KW - Daech KW - Daeş KW - Daesh KW - Daʻiş KW - Dāʻish KW - Daisy KW - Dâʼisy al-ʻIrāq wa-asy-Syâm KW - Daulah Islamiyah Iraq dan Syam KW - Dawlah al-Islāmīyah KW - Dawlah al-Islāmiyah fi al-'Irāq wa-al-Shām KW - ES KW - Estado Islâmico KW - Estado Islâmico do Iraque KW - Estado Islâmico do Iraque e da Síria KW - Estado Islâmico do Iraque e Síria KW - IGIL KW - IŞİD KW - Islamic State KW - Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham KW - Islamic State of Iraq and Syria KW - Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant KW - Islamskoe gosudarstvo Iraka i Levanta KW - ИГИЛ KW - Исламское государство Ирака и Леванта KW - داعش KW - دولة الإسلامية KW - دولة الإسلامية في العراق والشام KW - History. KW - 2000-2099 KW - Middle East KW - Asia, South West KW - Asia, Southwest KW - Asia, West KW - Asia, Western KW - East (Middle East) KW - Eastern Mediterranean KW - Fertile Crescent KW - Levant KW - Mediterranean Region, Eastern KW - Mideast KW - Near East KW - Northern Tier (Middle East) KW - South West Asia KW - Southwest Asia KW - West Asia KW - Western Asia KW - Orient KW - History KW - דאעש KW - État islamique UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:96161165 AB - A medieval Islam historian's incisive portrait of ISIS, revealing the group's deep ideological and intellectual roots in the earliest days of Islam With tremendous speed, the Islamic State has moved from the margins to the center of life in the Middle East. Despite recent setbacks, its ability to conquer and retain huge swaths of territory has demonstrated its skillful tactical maneuvering, ambition, and staying power. Yet we still know too little about ISIS, particularly about its deeper ideology. In this eye-opening book, David J. Wasserstein offers a penetrating analysis of the movement, looking closely at the thousand-year-old form of Islamic apocalyptic messianism the group draws upon today. He shows how ISIS is not only a military and political movement but also, and primarily, a religious one with a coherent worldview, a patent strategy, and a clear goal: the re-creation of a medieval caliphate. Connecting the group's day-to-day activities and the writings and sayings of its leaders with the medieval Islamic past, Wasserstein provides an insightful and unprecedented perspective on the origins and aspirations of the Islamic State. ER -