Consortium Seminar: The ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic State

Will McCants will discuss the Islamic State's history, tactics, and goals, and the many ways in which it is more ruthless, more apocalyptic, and more devoted to state-building than any of its predecessors or current competitors.

The book is based almost entirely on primary sources in Arabic-including ancient religious texts and secret al-Qaida and Islamic State letters that few have seen-and explores how religious fervor, strategic calculation, and doomsday prophecy shaped the Islamic State's past and foreshadow its dark future.

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McCants's recently-published book, The ISIS Apocalypse, is based almost entirely on primary sources in Arabic-including ancient religious texts and secret al-Qaida and Islamic State letters that few have seen-and explores how religious fervor, strategic calculation, and doomsday prophecy shaped the Islamic State's past and foreshadow its dark future.