Black Flags : The Rise of ISIS

from bowedbookshelf

ISIS appeared to us in the West to have come out of nowhere, but Joby Warrick's careful journalism shows its roots, its alliances, its continuance in light of Western involvement in the Middle East. Warrick bookends his narrative nonfiction describing the origins of ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq an...

from neddludd

This is a well written and persuasive book. Yet, it suffers from a lack of depth. Because it is done in a journalistic rather than academic style, this is mostly a surface treatment. When the author cites a fascinating connection or insight, there is no exploration, no footnote. What you see is w...

from Schmerguls

5371 Black Flags The Rise of ISIS, by Joby Warrick (read 3 May 2016) (Pulitzer Nonfiction prize in 2016) This book is in three parts, entitled (1) The Rise of Zarqawi, (2) Iraq,and (3) ISIS. Thus only the last part is about ISIS . The earlier parts tell of the war in Iraq and leave this reader ap...

from Stbalbach

Black Flags charts the rise of ISIS. It's a riveting cinematic account with the first two thirds of the book mostly focused on the man on the cover, the terrorist/Jihadist Zarqawi. He began life as a petty crook, found religion and wanted to become more famous than Osama bin Laden. His role in th...

from gbelik

Excellent and very readable history of Isis and the people who created and lead it.