Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 ISIS Homecoming 11
Chapter 2 The Caliph 23
Chapter 3 Syria's Collapse 31
Chapter 4 Iraq Implodes 53
Chapter 5 Twisted Ideology 67
Chapter 6 Military Prowess The Greatest Weapon is Fear 71
Chapter 7 Kidnapped and Murdered 93
Chapter 8 Sex 101
Chapter 9 Steven Sotloff 121
Chapter 10 A Cold War: Saudia Arabia vs Iran 125
Chapter 11 Alan Henning and David Haines 139
Chapter 12 Qatar, Libya, Kuwait 143
Chapter 13 Executions 151
Chapter 14 Centralized Funding 155
Chapter 15 Khorason 165
Chapter 16 Children of the Caliphate 169
Chapter 17 Abdul Rahman Peter Kassig 173
Chapter 18 Christians Slaughtered 181
Chapter 19 Inner Working of ISIS 185
Chapter 20 Sharia Life 193
Chapter 21 Foreign Fighters 197
Chapter 22 Turkish Border 207
Chapter 23 Syria's Kurds and Kobane 217
Chapter 24 Iraqi Kurds 221
Chapter 25 Kurdish Arms Bazaar 227
Chapter 26 Social Media 235
Chapter 27 Other Support For ISIS 247
Chapter 28 What Lies Ahead 253
Chapter 29 Conclusion 257
Epilogue 263
Appendix 267
Acknowledgments 275
Author's Note 277
