Last year was a 'blood year' in the Middle East - massacres and beheadings, fallen cities, collapsed and collapsing states, the unravelling of a decade of Western strategy. We saw the rise of ISIS, the splintering of government in Iraq, and foreign fighters - many from Europe, Australia and Africa - flowing into Syria at a rate ten times that during the height of the Iraq War. What went wrong?
In Blood Year, David Kilcullen calls on 25 years' experience to answer that question. This is a vivid, urgent account of the War on Terror by someone who helped shape its strategy, as well as witnessing its evolution on the ground. Kilcullen looks to strategy and history to make sense of the crisis. What are the roots and causes of the global jihad movement? What is ISIS? What threats does it pose to Australia? What does its rise say about the effectiveness of the War on Terror since 9/11? And what does a coherent strategy look like after a disastrous year?
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David Kilcullen Imprint: Black Inc Country of Publication: Australia Volume: 58 Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 168mm,
Spine: 11mm
Weight: 226g ISBN:9781863957328 ISBN 10: 1863957324 Series:Quarterly Essay Pages: 128 Publication Date:20 May 2015 Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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ELT Advanced
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Primary
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Unspecified