Foundations of the Islamic State: Management, Money, and Terror in Iraq, 2005-2010

by Howard J. Shatz, Danielle F Jung, Patrick K Ryan, et al.

Drawing from 140 recently declassified documents, this report comprehensively examines the organization, territorial designs, management, personnel policies, and finances of the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) and al-Qa'ida in Iraq. Analysis of the Islamic State predecessor groups is more than a historical recounting. It provides significant understanding of how ISI evolved into the present-day Islamic State and how to combat the group.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0833091786
• ISBN13: 9780833091789
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 348 Pages