Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction. A Testament for Syria 1
4. PART I. The Barrel and the Koran
5. ONE. The Islamization of the Political Order 11
6. TWO. The Onset of International Jihad Taking on the Near Enemy (1980–1987) 30
7. THREE. The Second Jihadist Phase: Against the Distant Enemy (1998–2005) 68
8. FOUR. The Third Jihadist Generation Networks and Territories (2005–2019) 95
9. PART II. From Arab Spring to Jihadist Caliphate
10. FIVE. The Arab Spring In Context 105
11. SIX. From the Fall of Despots to Societies in Turmoil 117
12. SEVEN. Sectarianism and Derailed Rebellions: The Shiite-Sunni Fault Line 172
13. PART III. After ISIS: Disintegration and Regrouping
14. EIGHT. The Fracturing of the Sunni Bloc 233
15. NINE. The Global Stakes in the Fight for the Levant 258
16. Conclusion. Middle Eastern Fault Lines and Global Tectonics 319
17. Acknowledgments 325
18. Chronology 329
19. Index 351