The Syrian Jihad : Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and the Evolution of an Insurgency
The book contains a great deal of primary source material gleaned from three years of engagement and contacts within the Islamist and jihadist communities active in Syria. This includes much information never before made public by any source
eBook, English, 2016
Oxford University Press, Incorporated, Oxford, 2016
1 online resource (516 pages)
9780190613181, 0190613181
1076646601
Cover
Half-title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Part I: Setting the Scene
1. Breaking Down the Barriers: Protest
2. Underlying Instability
3. Syria's Flirtation with Jihadism
Part II: First on the Scene
4. March-December 2011: Jabhat Al-Nusra Forms
5. January-August 2012: Jabhat Al-Nusra Emerges
6. September 2012-March 2013: Jabhat Al-Nusra Rises
Part III: Making a Scene
7. April-June 2013: The Islamic State Joins the Conflict
8. July-December 2013: Rising Tensions
9. January-April 2014: Turning Against the Islamic State
Part IV: Caliphates, Emirates and Divergence
10. May-August 2014: Declaring a Caliphate
11. The Islamic State
12. September-December 2014: Strikes and Divisions
13. January-June 2015: Tipping the Scales
14. The Syrian Jihad
Notes
Bibliography
Index