Title How ISIS Fights : Military Tactics in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt.

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Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2021.

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Contents	Intro -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword by Larry P. Goodson -- 1. Is it Mainly Tactics? -- 2. Implodes but Expands: How the 'Islamic State' Fights in Iraq -- 3. Explodes and Expands: How the 'Islamic State' Fights in Syria -- 4. Reloads but Implodes: How the 'Islamic State' Fights in Libya -- 5. Lures and Endures: How 'Sinai Province' Fights in Egypt -- 6. Agency with a Tactical Edge -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary	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.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-234) and index.
Subject	IS (Organization)
	IS (Organization) (OCoLC)fst01914325
	Guerrilla warfare -- Middle East.
	Terrorism -- Middle East.
	Tactics.
	Guerrilla warfare. (OCoLC)fst00948929
	Tactics. (OCoLC)fst01141865
	Terrorism. (OCoLC)fst01148101
	Middle East. (OCoLC)fst01241586
	POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism
Other Form:	Print version: Ashour, Omar. How ISIS Fights. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2021 9781474438216
ISBN	1474438237
	9781474438230 (electronic bk.)
	9781474495554 (electronic bk.)
	1474495559 (electronic bk.)
	9781474438216
	1474438210
	9781474438223
	1474438229

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