{"product_id":"the-new-threat-the-past-present-and-future-of-islamic-militancy-9781620971352","title":"The New Threat: The Past, Present, and Future of Islamic Militancy","description":"Jason Burke is one of the world's leading experts on militant Islam. He embedded with the Kurdish peshmerga (currently at war with ISIS) while still in college. He was hanging out with the Taliban in the late 1990s. He witnessed the bombing of Tora Bora in Afghanistan in 2001 firsthand. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the current emergence of ISIS in Iraq and Syria and the resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan, no one is as well placed as Burke--whose previous books have been chosen as books of the year by \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e--to explain this dramatic post-Al Qaeda phase of Islamic militancy. We are now, he argues, entering a new phase of radical violence that is very different from what has gone before, one that is going to redefine the West's relationship with terrorism and the Middle East. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eISIS is not \"medieval,\" as many U.S. national security pundits claim, but, Burke explains, a group whose spectacular acts of terror are a contemporary expression of our highly digitized societies, designed to generate global publicity. In his account, radical Islamic terrorism is not an aberration or \"cancer,\" as some politicians assert; it is an organic part of the modern world. This book will challenge the preconceptions of many American readers and will be hotly debated in national security circles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620971352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.60w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/28\/2015\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jason Burke","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40138547101877,"sku":"9781620971352","price":22.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b73f00f8-04bf-4a76-8b98-b083a4872b8b.jpg?v=1622516694","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-new-threat-the-past-present-and-future-of-islamic-militancy-9781620971352","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}