Hassan Hassan

Michael Weiss

A revelatory look inside the world's most dangerous terrorist group. Initially dismissed by US President Barack Obama, along with other fledgling terrorist groups, as a “jayvee squad” compared to al-Qaeda, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has shocked the world by conquering massive territories in both countries and promising to create a vast new Muslim caliphate that observes the strict dictates of Sharia law. In ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror, American journalist Michael Weiss and Syrian analyst Hassan Hassan explain how these violent extremists evolved from a nearly defeated Iraqi insurgent group into a jihadi army of international volunteers who behead Western hostages in slickly produced videos and have conquered territory equal to the size of Great Britain. Beginning with the early days of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the founder of ISIS’s first incarnation as “al-Qaeda in Iraq,” Weiss and Hassan explain who the key players are—from their elusive leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to the former Saddam Baathists in their ranks—where they come from, how the movement has attracted both local and global support, and where their financing comes from. Political and military maneuvering by the United States, Iraq, Iran, and Syria have all fueled ISIS’s astonishing and explosive expansion. Drawing on original interviews with former US military officials and current ISIS fighters, the authors also reveal the internecine struggles within the movement itself, as well as ISIS’s bloody hatred of Shiite Muslims, which is generating another sectarian war in the region. Just like the one the US thought it had stopped in 2011 in Iraq. Past is prologue and America’s legacy in the Middle East is sowing a new generation of terror.

Inside the Army of Terror

ISIS

This remarkable memoir of a junior member of the former royal family constitutes a unique chronicle of life before 1952 among the members of Egypt's ruling class. It provides fascinating insights into the lives not only of the rulers themselves, from Muhammad Ali to King Fuad and King Farouk, but also of royal wives, cousins, aunts, uncles, and associated personalities. In the House of Muhammad Ali is a personal memoir from the inside; it is thus an important document for future scholars. But the book will delight the general reader every bit as much as the historian. It is a charming and evocative account of a time and a social class that no longer exist, written in the author's inimitable style a style that reads almost like a conversation: "She emanated a gentle quietude which was like a screen between one and the exterior world. A dim sort of luminosity seemed to surround her, as if she lived in a gray, limbo world of her own also conveyed perhaps by the fact that she had very poor and limited eyesight." Prince Hassan's gift for characterization is matched by an extraordinary eye for detail. His descriptions of houses, palaces, and gardens many of them no longer in existence are at the same time precise and evocative. The book thus also makes an important contribution to the history of Cairene urban geography. But most valuable of all, perhaps, are the illustrations. Some seventy-five photographs, most of them never published before, have a poignancy that readily leads the viewer into the world they depict. The people in them are clearly defined, richly varied, and above all interesting. At least of equal value are the pictures of palaces, gardens, and riverfront that document aspects of Cairo that vanished long ago. The experience of reading this memoir is akin to discovering a lost generation.

A Family Album, 1805-1952

In the House of Muhammad Ali

Hardcover edition has a map on the endpapers.

Inside the Army of Terror (Updated Edition)

How has one of the most extreme jihadist groups ever known gained a foothold across swaths of Iraq and Syria? How has ISIS exploited fault lines and built influence within key tribal areas? Syrian journalist Hassan Hassan delves deep into the tribal dynamics of the region, seeking to understand how ISIS has been operating, often with great success, alongside these groups for over a decade. Through first-hand experience, interviews with key tribal figures and ISIS members, Hassan demonstrates the central part tribes play within Iraq and Syria, and that the efforts to overcome ISIS must find a way to separate the jihadist movement from these groups on the ground.

Infiltrating Terror Networks in the Middle East]

The Tribes of ISIS

Mohab Anis

Low-Power Design of Nanometer FPGAs Architecture and EDA is an invaluable reference for researchers and practicing engineers concerned with power-efficient, FPGA design. State-of-the-art power reduction techniques for FPGAs will be described and compared. These techniques can be applied at the circuit, architecture, and electronic design automation levels to describe both the dynamic and leakage power sources and enable strategies for codesign. Low-power techniques presented at key FPGA design levels for circuits, architectures, and electronic design automation, form critical, "bridge" guidelines for codesign Comprehensive review of leakage-tolerant techniques empowers designers to minimize power dissipation Provides valuable tools for estimating power efficiency/savings of current, low-power FPGA design techniques

Architecture and EDA

Low-Power Design of Nanometer FPGAs

Poznejte hrozbu zvanou ISIS. Islámský stát v Iráku a Sýrii (ISIS) šokoval svět svou brutální silou a odporným stínáním hlav rukojmích. V obou zemích dobyli jeho příslušníci velká území – rovnající se velikosti Velké Británie – a slíbili vytvořit nový muslimský chalífát pod přísnými pravidly zákona šaría. V knize Islámský stát – Uvnitř armády teroru vysvětluje americký novinář Michael Weiss a syrský analytik Hassan Hassan, jak se tito násilničtí extremisté přerodili z povstalecké skupiny, která byla v Iráku téměř poražena, do džihádistické armády mezinárodních dobrovolníků, kteří natáčeli profesionální videa a šířili násilí a chaos po celém Blízkém východě. Počínaje prvními dny Abú Mus’aba az-Zarqáwího, zakladatele prvního ztělesnění ISIS ve formě „al-Káidy v Iráku“, Weiss a Hassan vysvětlují, kdo jsou klíčoví hráči – od nepolapitelného vůdce Abu Bakra al-Bagdádího až po bývalé Saddámovy baasisty v jeho řadách – odkud přišli, jak získávali místní i globální podporu a jak fungují – od jejich sociální mediální strategie až po pokoutní zisky z obchodu s ropou. Politické a vojenské manévrování Spojených států, Iráku, Íránu a Sýrie podnítilo překvapivou a prudkou expanzi ISIS. Na základě původních interview s bývalými americkými vojenskými činiteli a současnými bojovníky ISIS odhalují autoři také bratrovražedný boj uvnitř tohoto hnutí, stejně jako neskutečnou nenávist příslušníků ISIS vůči šíitským muslimům, což je příčinou další sektářské války v tomto regionu – přesně té, o které si Spojené státy myslely, že ji v Iráku zastavily v roce 2011. Ve světě se zrodila nová generace teroru, a chceme-li vědět, jak ji zastavit, musíme vědět, o koho jde. „První kniha, která dokáže uceleně vysvětlit, o co ISIS usiluje a proč je takovou hrozbou pro svět. Nepochybně povinná četba pro kohokoliv, kdo chce pochopit rizika radikálního islámu, kterému všichni čelíme.“ - DOUGLAS E. SHOEN, politický analytik, autor knihy „The Russia-China Axis: The New Cold War and America’s Crisis of Leadership“ „Vynikající žurnalistické dílo, nešetřící ve své analýze nekompetentnost Obamovy vlády.“ - Nick Cohen, The Spectator (UK) „... detailní reportáž, postihující i jemné rozdíly.“ - James Traub, Wall Street Journal „Podrobné a čtivé“ - Guardian „Weiss a Hassan napsali dosud nejzávažnější knižní studii Islámského státu.“ - New York Times, rubrika Book Review Editor’s Choice MICHAEL WEISS je sloupkař v magazínu Foreign Policy, The Daily Beast a NOW Lebanon. Je rovněž spolupracovníkem Institutu moderního Ruska, kde je šéfredaktorem v The Interpreter, což je online překladatelský žurnál. HASSAN HASSAN je analytik pro Blízký východ a sloupkař v periodiku The National. Jeho články byly publikovány mezi jiným v Guardianu, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs a New York Times. Je nositelem titulu MA v oboru mezinárodních vztahů na Univerzitě v Nottinghamu. Objevný pohled do nitra nejnebezpečnější teroristické skupiny na světě.

Islámský stát – Uvnitř armády teroru

Michael Douglas Weiss

"How did a group of religious fanatics, clad in black pajamas and armed to the teeth, manage to carve out a violent, fundamentalist "Islamic state" in wide swaths of Syria and Iraq? How did the widely celebrated revolution against Syrian dictator Bashar Assad descend into a movement led by a psychopathically violent band of jihadists dedicated to the destruction of America? And just who are these brutal Islamic militants--many speaking unaccented English and holding European passports--beheading Western hostages in slickly produced videos? In ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror, Syrian journalist Hassan Hassan and American analyst Michael Weiss explain how the terrorists of ISIS evolved from a nearly defeated insurgent group into a jihadi army--armed with American military hardware and the capability to administer a functioning state. Weiss and Hassan, who have both been on the frontlines of the Syrian revolution, have interviewed dozens of experts, American military and intelligence officials, and ISIS fighters to paint the first comprehensive picture of the rise and expansion of America's most formidable terrorist enemy. ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror is destined to become the standard text on a terror group that, unfortunately, shows no signs of going away"--

Hassan Hassan

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