Black Banners of ISIS: The Roots of the New Caliphate

By David J. Wasserstein

In this eye-opening book, a historian of Islam offers a penetrating portrait of ISIS, looking closely at its medieval roots. He shows how the group is not only a military and political movement but also, and primarily, a religious one, possessing a coherent worldview, a patent strategy, and a clear goal: the re-creation of a medieval caliphate.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030022835X
• ISBN13: 9780300228359
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"