Isis: The Terror Nation

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An updated, revised and expanded edition of Loretta Napoleoni's bestselling book on ISIS, The Islamist Phoenix (Seven Stories, 2014). In ISIS: The Terror Nation, world-renowned terrorism expert Loretta Napoleoni takes us beyond the headlines, demonstrating that while Western media portrays the Islamic State as little more than a gang of thugs on a winning streak, the organisation is proposing a new model for nation building. As Napoleoni writes, 'Ignoring these facts is more than misleading and superficial, it is dangerous. 'Know your enemy' remains a most important adage.

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"A vital contribution to our understanding of what is happening in the Middle East." Chris Hedges

"Clear, concise, and unequivocal. A timely book in which the author brings her in-depth knowledge and expertise to bear on a dangerous development in the international terrorism arena that has been totally misread by the West and its allies." Michael Chandler, co-author of Countering Terrorismand chairman of the former UN Security Council al Qaeda Sanctions Committee Monitoring Team

Author Bio

woman of the Left who garners praise from Noam Chomsky and Greg Palast at the same time as she is quoted respectfully in Forbes and the Wall Street Journal, LORETTA NAPOLEONI was born in 1955 in Rome. In the mid 1970s she became an active member of the feminist movement in Italy, and later studied as a Fulbright Scholar at Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C. She began her career as an economist, and went on to work as London correspondent and columnist for La Stampa, La Repubblica and La Pa s. Napoleoni is the author of the international bestsellers Rogue Economics- Capitalism's New Reality and Terror Incorporated- Tracing the Money Behind Global Terrorism. She has served as the Chairman of the countering terrorism financing group for the Club de Madrid, and lectures regularly around the world on economics, money laundering and terrorism. Napoleoni lives in London and Montana.