Faces of Terror: The seven most dangerous rivals of the Islamic State

by Allen Waldman (Editor), David Stansfield

Overview

This fourth volume of our series about terrorism, examines the Islamic State's seven closest and most dangerous rivals, Hezbollah, Hamas, Taliban, Boko Haram, Al-Shabaab, Quds Force and Al-Nusra Front, and explains how they relate both to each other and to ISIS.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781517775810
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	10/11/2015
Series:	A Short Illustrated Books about Terrorism , #4
Pages:	76
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.99(h) x 0.16(d)

About the Author

David Stansfield is an Arabic scholar, who has lived and worked in many parts of the Middle East. He graduated from Durham University with First Class Honors (summa cum laude) in Arabic Studies, and continued studying the language and the culture at the universities of Cambridge, Paris and Toronto, whereupon he was recruited by MI6, the British equivalent of the CIA.

David later went on to write and produce the 14-part TVOntario/Encyclopedia Britannica television series: "The Middle East," which was selected for consideration for an Academy Award in the best educational documentary category.