The Islamic State We Knew Insights Before the Resurgence and Their Implications

• Main Author: Shatz, Howard J. (auth)
• Other Authors: Johnson, Erin-Elizabeth (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2015
• Subjects: Humanities; Middle Eastern history; Terrorism, armed struggle; Political Science; History
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This report provides information known by the end of 2011 about the Islamic State's origins, finances, organization, methods of establishing territorial control, and response to airpower. Countering the Islamic State can rely, in part, on the great deal of accumulated knowledge available. Iraqi...