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Title The rise of ISIS / a Frontline production with RAINmedia ; a production of WGBH/Boston ; correspondent, Martin Smith ; co-produced by Linda Hirsch ; written and produced by Martin Smith.

Publication Info. Arlington, Virginia : PBS, 2014.

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 Burlington Public Library - Videos  DVD 956.05 SMITH    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD 956.05 SMI    Check Shelf
 Granby, F.H. Cossitt Branch - Adult  DVD 956.05 SMI    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD 956.05 R49    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  DVD 956.054 RISE    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  DVD 956.054 RIS    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Media Room  DVD 363.325 RISE    Check Shelf
Edition Widescreen.
Description 1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
digital optical rda
NTSC rda
video file DVD video Region 1 rda
Television programs. lcgft
System Details DVD; NTSC; widescreen presentation; stereo
Language English dialogue with optional English SDH subtitles.
Performer Narrator/interviewer, Martin Smith.
Credits Original music, John E. Low.
Event Originally broadcast as an episode of Frontline October 28, 2014.
Note Running time indicated on container: approximately 60 min.; actual running time: 56 min.
"[C]ontains graphic imagery of war and extreme violence; viewer discretion is advised."
Audience Not rated.
Summary In The Rise of ISIS, Martin Smith (Gangs of Iraq; Beyond Baghdad) draws on in-depth interviews with Iraqi politicians, and American policymakers and military leaders to explore and explain how the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) became a major force so quickly. What does it mean for the U.S. to be back in Iraq, fighting a new war on terror, less than three years after American troops pulled out of the country? Smith delivers a revelatory look at how ISIS grew out of the disaffection of Iraqi Sunnis who were sidelined and targeted by Shia Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki after the American withdrawal. The film traces how they gained strength in Syria, how they're funded, how they operate, and how, city by city, from Ramadi to Fallujah to Mosul, ISIS swept across Iraq--seizing territory, recording and broadcasting mass executions, and drawing recruits from an estimated 80 countries. With ISIS continuing to take and hold territory in Iraq and Syria despite U.S. and coalition airstrikes, and President Obama's foreign policy legacy hanging in the balance, The Rise of ISIS is the definitive account of how the U.S. has reached this point.
Subject IS (Organization)
Terrorists -- Iraq.
Terrorists -- Syria.
Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Terrorism -- Middle East.
World history.
Political science.
Middle East -- History -- 21st century.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Iraq.
Iraq -- Politics and government -- 2003-
Genre/Form Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Television programs -- United States.
Added Author Smith, Martin (Martin E.), screenwriter, television producer, reporter.
Hirsch, Linda, television producer.
Low, John E., composer.
Rain Media, Inc., proudcton company.
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), production company.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher.
PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.
Added Title Rise of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Frontline (Television program)
ISBN 9781627891936
1627891935
Standard No. 841887023221
Music No. FRL63302 PBS Video
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