Muqtada: Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia Revival, and the Struggle for Iraq by Patrick CockburnRequirements: .ePUB reader, 1.1 MBOverview: A portrait of the formidable Shi-ite figure who has been predicted to be a future leader in Iraq evaluates why he is believed to be a key player in determining America’s inevitable relationship with the Middle East, […]
The Age of Jihad: Islamic State and the Great War for the Middle East by Patrick CockburnRequirements: .ePUB, .PDF reader, 3 MBOverview: From the award-winning author of The Rise of Islamic State, the essential story of the Middle East’s disintegration The Age of Jihad charts the turmoil of today’s Middle East and the devastating role […]
ISIS: Battling the Menace by Patrick CockburnRequirements: .ePUB reader, 6 MBOverview: In Emergence of ISIS: Battling the Menace, Patrick Cockburn provides unique insights into the Islamic State scourge. He traces the origin of ISIS, confronts the horror of its methods, and details its threat to the Middle East and the world at large through a […]
The Jihadis Return: ISIS and the New Sunni Uprising by Patrick CockburnRequirements: .ePUB reader, 0.2 MBOverview: Though capable of staging spectacular attacks like 9/11, jihadist organizations were not a significant force on the ground when they first became notorious in the shape of al-Qa‘ida at the turn of century. The West’s initial successes in the […]
Muqtada: Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia Revival, and the Struggle for Iraq by Patrick CockburnRequirements: .MP3 reader, 243 MBOverview: Whatever else the United States intended when it invaded Iraq in the spring of 2003, it was not to hand the country over to a 32-year-old militant cleric who fought against the U.S. presence from the start […]