William Mccants: 5 books
The Believer
How an Introvert with a Passion for Religion and Soccer Became Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Leader of the Islamic State
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
In The Believer, Will McCants tells the story of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State (a.k.a. ISIS), a group so brutal and hardline that even al-Qaida deemed them too extreme. Baghdadi, an introverted religious scholar, with a passion for soccer, now controls large swaths of land...
The ISIS Apocalypse
The History, Strategy, and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic State
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
The Islamic State is one of the most lethal and successful jihadist groups in modern history, surpassing even al-Qaeda. Thousands of its followers have marched across Syria and Iraq, subjugating millions, enslaving women, beheading captives, and daring anyone to stop them. Thousands more have spread...
by Michael Barber, Haim Malka, William McCants
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
Gathering field work from almost twenty countries along with in-depth analysis and case studies, Religious Radicalism after the Arab Uprisings explores how radical groups, governments, and publics have responded to the Arab uprisings of 2011 and how conflicts that many thought were coming to an end...
El apocalipsis del ISIS
La historia, la estrategia y los objetivos del Estado Islámico
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 20, 2016
El Estado Islámico es uno de los grupos yihadistas más letales de la historia reciente, más despiadado y más devoto incluso que al-Qaeda. Sus miles de seguidores han conquistado territorios de Siria e Irak sometiendo a millones de personas, esclavizando a mujeres, decapitando a prisioneros y desafiando...
Founding Gods, Inventing Nations
Conquest and Culture Myths from Antiquity to Islam
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2011
From the dawn of writing in Sumer to the sunset of the Islamic empire, Founding Gods, Inventing Nations traces four thousand years of speculation on the origins of civilization. Investigating a vast range of primary sources, some of which are translated here for the first time, and focusing on the...