Ebook: Blood year : the unraveling of Western counterterrorism
Author: Kilcullen David
- Tags: IS (Organization), Islam and state, Islamic countries, Islamic fundamentalism, Middle East, Terrorism, Middle East, Islamic countries, Politics and government, 21st century, Middle East, History, 21st century, United States, Military policy, Terrorism, Prevention, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, Infrastructure, SOCIAL SCIENCE, General, Islam and state, Islamic fundamentalism, Military policy, Politics and government, Terrorism, Islamic countries, Middle East, United States
- Year: 2016
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- City: , ,
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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In Blood Year, David Kilcullen provides a wide-angle view of the current situation in the Middle East and analyzes how America and the West ended up in such dire circumstances. Focusing on the events of 2014--a year of massacres and beheadings, fallen cities and collapsing states--as a potential turning point in modern world history, this is an essential read for anyone interested in understanding not only why the Read more...
Abstract: In Blood Year, David Kilcullen provides a wide-angle view of the current situation in the Middle East and analyzes how America and the West ended up in such dire circumstances. Focusing on the events of 2014--a year of massacres and beheadings, fallen cities and collapsing states--as a potential turning point in modern world history, this is an essential read for anyone interested in understanding not only why the region that the U.S. invaded a dozen years ago has collapsed into utter chaos, but also what it can do to alleviate the grim situation