DEFEATING ISIS

A leading counterterrorism expert explains the history and tactics of the global terror group iSiS—and how to use that knowledge to defeat them.

ISIS—the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria—has taken on the mantle of being the single most dangerous terrorist threat to global security since al-Qaeda. Isis is the biggest news story in the entire world right now. In DEFEATING ISIS, internationally renowned intelligence veteran, author, and counterterrorism expert Malcolm Nance gives an insider’s view to explain the origins of this occult group, their violent propaganda, and how they spread their ideology throughout the Middle East and to disaffected youth deep in the heart of the Western world. Most importantly, DEFEATING ISIS gives an amply illustrated, step-by-step analysis of the street-level tactics the group has employed in assaults against fortified targets, in urban combat, and during terrorist operations such as those in Paris during the November 13 attacks. As much as ISIS is a threat to Western targets and regional stability in the Middle East, Nance describes not only its true danger as a heretical death cult that seeks to wrest control of Islam through young ideologues and redefine Islam as a fight to the death against all comers, but also how to defeat them. Defeating ISIS is the first highly detailed and fully illustrated look into the organization by one of the world’s foremost authorities in counterterrorism. Malcolm Nance is a globally recognized counterterrorism expert and Intelligence Community member who has been deployed to intelligence operations in the Balkans, Middle East, and sub-Saharan Africa. He is the author of An End to al-Qaeda, The Terrorists of Iraq, and the Terrorist Recognition Handbook and is a regular go-to commentator on TV. He is on the verge of signing a deal to appear daily on MSNBC. Nance lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Richard Engel (foreword) is the Chief Foreign Correspondent for NBC News.