How ISIS fights: military tactics in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt

How did ISIS - a widely hated, massively outnumbered and ludicrously outgunned organisation - manage to occupy over 120 cities, towns and villages from the Southern Philippines to Western Libya? Seeking to understand ISIS's combat effectiveness, Omar Ashour analyses the military and tactical in...

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Main Author: Ashour, Omar (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2021]
In:Year: 2021
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Keywords:
Terrorismus
Terrorist
Strategie
Taktik
Naher Osten
Mittlerer Osten
Nordafrika
Irak > Syrien > Libyen > Ägypten > Islamischer Staat > Taktik > Kriegführung > Geschichte 2013-2020
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Summary:How did ISIS - a widely hated, massively outnumbered and ludicrously outgunned organisation - manage to occupy over 120 cities, towns and villages from the Southern Philippines to Western Libya? Seeking to understand ISIS's combat effectiveness, 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.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 214-234, Register
Physical Description:xii, 243 Seiten
ISBN:9781474438216
9781474438223