Contents

 

 

 

 

 

List of illustrations

Maps

Introduction

 

1 The face that launched a thousand hits

2 Seven steps

3 Chaos theory and fact

4 The management of savagery

5 632 and all that

6 The forgotten caliph

7 Wake-up call

8 Savagery under new management

9 Shia folly

10 Scourge of Syria

11 The furnace of war

12 Car bombs and other expenses

13 ‘Long live death!’ – Inside the caliphate

14 Killing the caliphate

 

Image Section

Notes