Book reviews: ISIS A History and Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle Over Islam is Reshaping the World

Not all countries in the Middle East aspire to a western-style democratic model and it is this misunderstanding of people’s needs that has led to the inexorable rise of IS, writes JP O’Malley.

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ISIS A History

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