Black flags
the rise of ISIS
by Joby Warrick · first published 2015
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"In a thrilling dramatic narrative, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Joby Warrick traces how the strain of militant Islam behind ISIS first arose in a remote Jordanian prison and spread with the unwitting aid of two American presidents. When the government of Jordan granted amnesty to a group of political prisoners in 1999, it little realized that among them was Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a terrorist mastermind and soon the architect of an Islamist movement bent on dominating the Middle East. In Black Flags, an unprecedented character-driven account of the rise of ISIS, Joby Warrick shows how the ze
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Two of the books he mentions won the Pulitzer prize for non-fiction: "Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS" and "Evicted". They are both excellent.
on “Books I read this year” ↗"Cryptonomicon" - Neal Stephenson "Expecting Better" - Emily Oster "The 9/11 Commission Report" - National Commission on Terrorist Attacks "Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS" - Joby Warrick "Power Wars: Inside Obama's Post-9/11 Presidency" - Charlie Savage (not finished yet)
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2015?” ↗…fully consistent with Saudi objectives in the region. Don't be confused by propaganda and the fog of war. [1] Joe Biden has said it: https://youtu.be/UrXkm4FImvc?t=1h32m4s [2] https://www.amazon.com/Black-Flags-Rise-Joby-Warrick/dp/0804... [3] http://www.judicialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Pg.-... [4] https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/publication/1...
on “The Coming War in the Middle East (2013)” ↗