"Providing up-to-date information for general readers as well as those well-informed about the Islamic State, this book offers an essential understanding of the rise of ISIS and its current influence in the Middle East as well as worldwide. Presents the information necessary to understand ISIS: who they are, what they want, and why they represent such a unique problem to counteract. Provides readers with the understanding of the problems in the Middle East that created ISIS and enable it to continue to exist. Supplies accurate, insightful perspectives from a Western author who lived for nearly nine years in the Middle East fighting, studying, and advising on ISIS and similar organizations"--Amazon.com.