Jonathan Rugman

A state of terror: Islamic State longs to be left alone to establish its blood-stained utopia

A review of Patrick Cockburn’s The Rise of the Islamic State suggests that the rise of IS was plain for all to see, but we chose not to look

issue 31 January 2015
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  • The Rise of Islamic State: Isis and the New Sunni Revolution

    Patrick Cockburn

    Verso, pp. 164

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