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We are so honored to have you today and particularly unfortunately given the tragic events in orlando your book, isis a history, is particularly relevant today. We want to have the conversation in the context of what is happening but also as your book lays out the history of isis and that is what we want to try to understand. Many people focus on the brutality but your book goes much further and much deeper than just talking about the violence. You talk about the ideology and the religious dynamic which is so important. Just as a starting point, i want to talk about the first chapter as a beginning. You mention many fact frors fore rise of isis. And we both known as middle easterners there have been many radical groups that have evolved over the years and isis is just one of the most violent. You mention the innovation invasion of iraq, the collapse of the arab states, the arab spring. And you mention how isis is able to provide services for sunni populations in the same way the Muslim
Wanted to just talk about the first chapter as a beginning, and we mention many factors for the rise of isis. Of course we both know as middle easterners that they have been many radical groups that have evolved over the last 30 or 40 years and isis is just the most violent that has evolved. You mention some of the causes, the u. S. U. S. Invasion of iraq for example, you mentioned the failure of arab state particularly after the arab uprising and state institutions, the economic collapse and you also mention something that i think is very interesting which is how isis is able to provide services for seamy populations in the same way that the brotherhood did in egypt. So i was wondering, if we could delve into the first chapter so you can explain to the audience, how would you prioritize these factors . What would you say is the most compelling factor as opposed to other ones that ive just listed if you can sort of walk us through how you would rank these different conditions and facto
Rita confessed. After all, she was caught redhanded and fully cooperated with the fbi. This is not in the book but my favorite part is the mayor was so upset when asked what his thoughts or comments on the episode was he said turned out rita didnt give a shit about this town. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. So for watchers, welcome to booktv, and we are so honored to have you today and particularly unfortunately given the tragic events in orlando your book, a history of violence isis a history and your book lays out the history of isis and many people focus on the brutality but your book goes much further and deeper than just talking about the violence. You talk about the ideology, the religious dimensions that are so important for English Speaking audiences to understand. Just as a starting point, i wanted to just talk about the first chapter as a beginning. You mentioned many factors for the rise of isis and we both know as middle easterns there have been
Host welcome, fawaz gerges, to booktv and we are so honored to have you today and given the events in orlando your book, isis a history, is relevant today. We want to have the conversation in the context of what happened and as your book lays out the history of isis. That is what we want to understand. Many people focus on the brutality but your book goes much further and deeper than talking about the violence. You talk about the ideology and religious dimensions which are so important for English Speaking audiences to understand. I wanted to talk about the first chapters. You mention many factors as the rise of isis and we know as middle easterns there have been many radical groups to evolve and isis is just one of the most violence. You mentioned causes like the u. S. Invasion of iraq, the failure of the arab states, the fraying of state institutions, the economic collapse of arab states and you also mentioned something i think is very interesting and that is how isis is able to prov