Defeating ISIS

Who They Are, How They Fight, What They Believe

By: Malcolm Nance

Narrated by: Michael Kramer

ISIS - the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria - has taken on the mantle of being the single most dangerous terrorist threat to global security since al-Qaeda. In Defeating ISIS, internationally renowned intelligence veteran, author, and counterterrorism expert Malcolm Nance gives an insider's view to explain the origins of this occult group, its violent propaganda, and how it spreads its ideology throughout the Middle East and to disaffected youth deep in the heart of the Western world.

Most importantly, Defeating ISIS gives a step-by-step analysis of the street-level tactics the group has employed in assaults against fortified targets, in urban combat, and during terrorist operations such as those in Paris during the November 13 attacks. As much as ISIS is a threat to Western targets and regional stability in the Middle East, Nance describes not only its true danger as a heretical death cult that seeks to wrest control of Islam through young ideologues and redefine Islam as a fight to the death against all comers, but also how to defeat it.

Defeating ISIS is the first highly detailed look into the organization by one of the world's foremost authorities in counterterrorism.

©2016 Malcolm Nance (P)2017 Tantor

Critic reviews

"I really think the [2016 Presidential] candidates ought to read this...You should buy this book." (Rachel Maddow, The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC)

biased writing

need unbiased writing not worth buying books from this author, truly need unbiased writing in your intelligence analysis in dissemination other wise account of reporting has no foundation till it does not show bias.

Perfect for insomniacs

This book and narration are horribly boring. No exaggeration, its like listening to Ben Stein read a dictionary. The majority of the first 8 chapters, which is all I could get through, is just a listing of names and events. There are very few complete sentences. Total waste of money!