Theory of ISIS

Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou (1968 - 2024) was a political historian, diplomat and acclaimed public intellectual. His books include a trilogy of the post-9/11 era: Contre-Croisade - Le 11 Septembre et le Retournement du monde, Understanding Al Qaeda and A Theory of ISIS. His writing brought a fresh approach to the studies of extremism, conflict, political violence and peace-building. He was a committed pan-Africanist and pan-Arabist. He worked as Professor of International History at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, and served as Mauritania's youngest foreign minister in 2008.

• List of FiguresList of TablesList of AbbreviationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: The Islamic State and Political Violence in the Early Twenty-First Century1. Al Qaeda’s Matrix2. Apocalypse Iraq3. From Qaedat al Jihad to Al Dawla al Islamiya4. Modernity and the Globalised InsurgentConclusion: Colonialism BoomerangGlossaryChronologyNotesIndex

'The first serious attempt at understanding a global calamity brewed in the counter-revolutionary mobilisation against the graceful rise and spectacular spread of Arab revolutions. A groundbreaking work of political theory'