5. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: A Portrait of Caliph Ibrahim

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 7
3. Introduction 9
4. 1. Masters of the Digital Universe 15
5. 2. The Origins—Part One: Iraq 32
6. 3. The Origins—Part Two: The Taliban, al Qaeda, and IS 59
7. 4. The Origins—Part Three: Syria 79
8. 5. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: A Portrait of Caliph Ibrahim 110
9. 6. Consolidation and Expansion 122
10. 7. Within Islamic State 137
11. 8. The Management of Savagery 153
12. 9. The Caliph’s Foreign Fighters 165
13. 10. A Dangerous Game: The West’s Attempts to Exploit Radical Islam 190
14. 11. Saudi Arabia, Wahhabism, and Islamic State 201
15. Conclusion 217
16. Acknowledgments 232
17. Notes 233
18. Index 245