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Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS (Paperback)
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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE
In a thrilling dramatic narrative, the award-winning reporter 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. With a new Afterword
Drawing on unique high-level access to CIA and Jordanian sources, Warrick weaves gripping, moment-by-moment operational details with the perspectives of diplomats and spies, generals and heads of state, many of whom foresaw a menace worse than al Qaeda and tried desperately to stop it. Black Flags is a brilliant and definitive history that reveals the long arc of today’s most dangerous extremist threat.
| ISBN | 9780804168939 |
|---|---|
| Length (cm) | 13.1000 |
| Width (cm) | 2.0000 |
| Height (cm) | 20.2000 |
| Publisher | Anchor |
| Publication Date | Sep 6, 2016 |
| Pages (number) | 384 |
| Genre | History, Politics, and Social Sciences |
| Author | Joby Warrick |
| Signed | No |
| Format | Paperback |
| Editorial Reviews | “[A] crisply written, chilling account. . . . Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Warrick confidently weaves a cohesive narrative from an array of players—American officials, CIA officers, Jordanian royalty and security operatives, religious figures, and terrorists—producing an important geopolitical overview with the grisly punch of true-crime nonfiction. . . . The author focuses on dramatic flashpoints and the roles of key players, creating an exciting tale with a rueful tone, emphasizing how the Iraq invasion's folly birthed ISIS and created many missed opportunities to stop al-Zarqawi quickly.” —Kirkus Reviews |
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