Jihad Academy
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.44 (697 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 9385436414 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Henin did an excellent job at researching his work and putting everything into" according to B.Thompson. This book offers a unique perspective often untold by western media. Mr. Henin did an excellent job at researching his work and putting everything into context, building a narrative the reader can understand. This is an important read for anyone willing to challenge their ignorance on the subject.. Everything different we read about this subject is useful to avoid a narrow viewpoint A look from the inside. Everything different we read about this subject is useful to avoid a narrow viewpoint.This is excellent in this respect. I am very happy to have come across this text!. Not an easy read. The names and geographic locations are foreign Interesting book. Vastly different perspective on what is happening in mid-East and western - especially US - interventions. Not an easy read. The names and geographic locations are foreign to most, and the overall content is disquieting. A must read for discerning people.
"Densely packed with arguments relating to Syrian culture and politics, a plea for clarity and understanding that rewards close reading." - Sunday Herald Life (Glasgow)
For more than a decade, French journalist Nicolas Hénin has reported from the front lines of conflict in the Middle East, much of his time spent in Iraq and Syria. The West, however, sees IS only as a terrorist organization, ignoring its political message and goals; by doing so, we act as a recruitment agent for Islamic State and largely overlook the greatest victims of IS violence--civilians on the ground. IS will only be ultimately defeated, he argues, by the people of the region, just as others have overthrown groups that practiced political violence on their people.Jihad Academy is a fresh and powerful assessment by a writer with the perspective of a historian, the passion of a journalist long committed to the region, and the credibility of someone who has witnessed terrorism first-hand. Those barbarities, and the first strikes against Islamic State, prompted Hénin to present in Jihad Academy what he knows IS to be, in contrast to the misperceptions he sees perpetuated on an ongoing basis.Hénin sees Islamic State as a political entity, having arisen out of a sense of injustice and lack of hope, and as the natural result of the Western inability to support Syrian democracy activists. He witnessed the events leading to
Before becoming a journalist, he completed a Masters degree in the history of international relations. He won the Prix du livre geopolitique (Geopolitical book award) in 2015 for Jihad Academy, and before that the May Chidiac Prize for courage in journalism. A freelance journalist reporting for the news magazine Le