Narrator tonight, the secret history of isis. Frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontliis provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional support is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The john and Helen Glessner family trust, supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. The ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide, at fordfoundation. Org. The wyncote foundation. And by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. The Guerrilla Army that roared east to take over. Narrator it was early 2014. Isis has seized many iraqi cities. Narrator they seemed to come out of nowhere. In n
Narrator tonight, the secret history of isis. Frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontliis provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional support is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The john and Helen Glessner family trust, supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. The ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide, at fordfoundation. Org. The wyncote foundation. And by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. The Guerrilla Army that roared east to take over. Narrator it was early 2014. Isis has seized many iraqi cities. Narrator they seemed to come out of nowhere. In n
Decisions, there would be no isis. Narrator tonight, the secret history of isis. Frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontliis provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional support is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public areness of critical issues. The john and Helen Glessner family trust, supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. The ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide, at fordfoundation. Org. The wyncote foundation. And by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. The Guerrilla Army that roared east to take over. Narrator it was early 2014. Isis has seized many iraqi cities. Narrator they se
Marty, i, i am the executive editor of the Washington Post. The Washington Post is a charter sponsor the National Book festival since the beginning and we are happy to do it again this year. The Library Library of congress has been the festival toast since the festival began 16 years ago. We want to thank the chairman of the festival and the many National Book festival sponsors who made the event possible this year. You can make a donation to the festival by checking the information in your program, there is to be time for question afterward and this is being filmed as well. You should know that. It to her speaker, the Washington Post has gratified to have some of the finest National Security reporters in the country and a standout among them is it joe b warrant. When you read black flakes, the rise of isis youll see why. And the most revealing portrait yet offal zarqawi, founding father of the organization that became the Islamic State. As our country aims to destroy isis and as isis
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