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From its birth in the late 1990s as the jihadist dream of terrorist leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi; the Islamic State (known by a variety of names; including ISIS; ISIL; and al Qaeda in Iraq) has grown into a massive enterprise; redrawing national borders across the Middle East and subjecting an area larger than the United Kingdom to its own vicious brand of Sharia law.In ISIS: The Terror Nation; world-renowned terrorism expert Loretta Napoleoni builds on her international best-selling The Islamic Phoenix; with new chapters on the Islamic State's recruitment of Western women; economic strategy; and recent terrorist attacks around the world. Napoleoni takes us beyond the headlines; demonstrating that while Western media portrays the Islamic State as little more than a gang of thugs on a winning streak; the organization is proposing a new model for nation building. Waging a traditional war of conquest to carve out the twenty-first-century version of the original Caliphate; ISIS uses modern technology to recruit and fundraise while engaging the local population in the day-to-day running of the new state. Rising from the ashes of failing jihadist enterprises; the Islamic State has shown a deep understanding of Middle Eastern politics; fully exploiting proxy war and shell-state tactics. This is not another terrorist network but a formidable enemy in tune with the new modernity of the current world disorder. As Napoleoni writes; "Ignoring these facts is more than misleading and superficial; it is dangerous. 'Know your enemy' remains the most important adage in the fight against terrorism."