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PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM Volume 10, Issue 3 IV. Resources Bibliography: Islamic State (Part 2) Compiled and selected by Judith Tinnes [Bibliographic Series of Perspectives on Terrorism - BSPT-JT-2016-3] Abstract This bibliography contains journal articles, book chapters, books, edited volumes, theses, grey literature, bibliographies and other resources on the Islamic State (IS / ISIS / ISIL / Daesh) and its predecessor organizations. To keep up with the rapid changing political events, more recent publications have been prioritized during the selection process. The literature has been retrieved by manually browsing more than 200 core and periphery sources in the field of Terrorism Studies. Additionally, full-text and reference retrieval systems have been employed to expand the search. Keywords: bibliography; resources; literature; Islamic State; IS, ISIS; ISIL; Daesh; Al-Qaeda in Iraq; AQI NB: All websites were last visited on 23.05.2016. This subject bibliography is a sequel to an earlier bibliography (Part I). To avoid duplication, this compilation only includes literature not contained in Part I. However, meta-resources, such as bibliographies, were included in both parts.–See also Note for the Reader at the end of this literature list. Bibliographies and other Resources Al-Khalidi, Ashraf; Renahan, Thomas (2015, May-): Daesh Daily: An Update On Daesh Activities. URL: http://www.daeshdaily.com Al-Tamimi, Aymenn Jawad (2012, November-): Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi’s Blog. URL: http://www. aymennjawad.org Al-Tamimi, Aymenn Jawad (2015, January 27): Archive of Islamic State Administrative Documents. Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi’s Blog. URL: http://www.aymennjawad.org/2015/01/archive-of-islamic-state- administrative-documents Al-Tamimi, Aymenn Jawad (2016, January 11): Archive of Islamic State Administrative Documents (cont.). Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi’s Blog. URL: http://www.aymennjawad.org/2016/01/archive-of-islamic-state- administrative-documents-1 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (2012-): Syria in Crisis. URL: http://carnegieendowment.org/ syriaincrisis Collins, Dylan et al. (2012, December-): Syria Deeply. URL: http://beta.syriadeeply.org Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) (n.d.-): ISIL, Syria & Iraq Resources. URL: https://www.ctc.usma.edu/ isil-resources Higgins, Eliot et al. (2014, July-): Bellingcat. URL: https://www.bellingcat.com IntelCenter (n.d.-): Islamic State & other Jihadi Inspired & Directed Attacks outside of Insurgent Theaters 2014 to Present: Interactive Map. URL: http://intelcenter.com/maps/jihadi-inspired-directed-attacks.html#gs. i5VZ8a8 ISSN 2334-3745 59 June 2016 PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM Volume 10, Issue 3 IntelCenter (n.d.-): Islamic State Wilayats: Interactive World Map. URL: http://www.intelcenter.com/maps/is- wilayats-map.html IntelCenter (2015, December 15): Islamic State’s 43 Global Affiliates Interactive World Map. URL: http://www. intelcenter.com/maps/is-affiliates-map.html Miller, James et al. (2014, October-): Under The Black Flag. URL: http://www.rferl.org/archive/under-the- black-flag/latest/17257/17257.html Mosul Eye (2014, June-): URL: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mosul-Eye/552514844870022?fref=nf Pack, Jason et al. (2016-): Eye on ISIS in Libya. URL: http://eyeonisisinlibya.com Paraszczuk, Joanna (2013, August-): From Chechnya to Syria: Tracking Russian-Speaking Foreign Fighters in Syria. URL: http://www.chechensinsyria.com Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) (2014, April-): URL: http://www.raqqa-sl.com/en Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) (2011, June-): URL: http://sn4hr.org Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) (2006, May-): URL: http://www.syriahr.com/en Tinnes, Judith (2015, August): Bibliography: Islamic State (Part 1). Perspectives on Terrorism, 9(4), 165-212. URL: http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/article/view/452 Tinnes, Judith (2016, February-): Counting Lives Lost – Statistics of Camera-Recorded Extrajudicial Executions by the “Islamic State”. [Monitoring Project]. Perspectives on Terrorism, 10(1). URL: http://www. terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/article/view/483 Van Ostaeyen, Pieter (2012, October-): pietervanostaeyen: Musings on Arabism, Islamicism, History and Current Affairs. URL: https://pietervanostaeyen.wordpress.com Wing, Joel (2008, June-): Musings on Iraq. URL: http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.co.uk Zelin, Aaron Y. (2010, June-): Jihadology. URL: http://jihadology.net Zelin, Aaron Y. (2014, June): Bibliography on the History and Evolution of the Islamic State of Iraq and al- Sham. URL: http://jihadology.net/2014/06/14/bibliography-on-the-history-and-evolution-of-the-islamic- state-of-iraq-and-al-sham Books and Edited Volumes Beck, Martin; Jung, Dietrich; Seeberg, Peter (Eds.) (2016): The Levant in Turmoil: Syria, Palestine, and the Transformation of Middle Eastern Politics. (The Modern Muslim World). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Belz, Mindy (2016): They Say we Are Infidels: On the Run from ISIS with Persecuted Christians in the Middle East. Carol Stream: Tyndale Momentum. Bergen, Peter (2016): United States of Jihad: Investigating America’s Homegrown Terrorists. New York: Crown Publishers. Byman, Daniel (2015): Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and the Global Jihadist Movement. (What Everyone Needs to Know®). New York: Oxford University Press. ISSN 2334-3745 60 June 2016 PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM Volume 10, Issue 3 de Guttry, Andrea; Capone, Francesca; Paulussen, Christophe (Eds.) (2016): Foreign Fighters under International Law and beyond. The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press/Springer. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978- 94-6265-099-2 DeJesus, Kevin M. (in press): ISIS: The Rise of the Islamic State. Santa Barbara: Praeger Security International. Dilegge, Dave; Bunker, Robert J. (Eds.) (2016): Global Radical Islamist Insurgency: Al Qaeda and Islamic State Networks Focus Vol. 2: 2012-2014. A Small Wars Journal Anthology. Bloomington: iUniverse. Dobbins, James et al. (2009): Occupying Iraq: A History of the Coalition Provisional Authority. [e-Book]. (RAND Monographs, MG-847-CC). Santa Monica: RAND Corporation. URL: http://www.rand.org/pubs/ monographs/MG847.html Elliott, Christopher L. (2015): High Command: British Military Leadership in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. London: Hurst. Filiu, Jean-Pierre (2015): From Deep State to Islamic State: The Arab Counter-Revolution and its Jihadi Legacy. London: Hurst. Gerges, Fawaz A. (2016): ISIS: A History. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Hashim, Ahmed S. (in press): The Caliphate at War: The Ideological, Organisational and Military Innovations of Islamic State. London: Hurst. Hassan, Hassan (in press): Tribes of ISIS: Infiltrating Terror Networks in the Middle East. London: I.B. Tauris. Hénin, Nicolas (2015): Jihad Academy: The Rise of Islamic State. (Martin Makinson, Trans.). New Delhi: Bloomsbury. Lister, Charles R. (2015): The Syrian Jihad: Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and the Evolution of an Insurgency. London: Hurst. Lohlker, Rüdiger (2016): Theologie der Gewalt: Das Beispiel IS. Wien: Utb; Facultas. McCants, William (2015): The ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy, and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic State. New York: St. Martin’s Press. McLeod, Travers (2015): Rule of Law in War: International Law and United States Counterinsurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Morell, Michael; Harlow, Bill (2015): The Great War of our Time: The CIA’s Fight against Terrorism: From al Qa’ida to ISIS. New York: Twelve. Nance, Malcolm (2016): Defeating ISIS: Who they Are, How they Fight, What they Believe. New York: Skyhorse Publishing. Nesser, Petter (2015): Islamist Terrorism in Europe: A History. London: Hurst. O’Callaghan, Ronan (2016): Walzer, Just War and Iraq: Ethics as Response. (Interventions). Abingdon: Routledge. Radhan, Luay (2014): Muslims against the Islamic State: Arab Critics and Supporters of Ali Abdarraziq’s Islamic Laicism. Frankfurt: PL Academic Research. Speckhard, Anne (2015): Bride of ISIS. McLean: Advances Press. ISSN 2334-3745 61 June 2016 PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM Volume 10, Issue 3 Staffell, Simon; Awan, Akil (Eds.) (in press): Jihadism Transformed: Al-Qaeda and Islamic State’s Global Battle of Ideas. London: Hurst. Verkaik, Robert (2016): Jihadi John: The Making of a Terrorist. London: Oneworld. Warrick, Joby (2015): Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS. New York: Doubleday. Weiss, Michael; Hassan Hassan (2016): ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror. (Rev. & updated ed.). New York: Regan Arts. Theses Alshathry, Talal (2015): A Comparative Framing Analysis of ISIL in the Online Coverage of CNN and Al- Jazeera. (Master’s Thesis, Iowa State University, Ames, United States). URL: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/14683 Anaya, Kala Kristina Hartman (2015, July): Persuasion Strategies in Terrorist Recruitment: The Case of ISIS. (Master’s Thesis, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands). URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1887/35008 Anfinson, Nadia Adnan (2015, July): “In the Words of the Enemy”: Mediatising the Islamic State in Dabiq. (Master’s Thesis, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China). URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10722/221289 Anonymous (2015, August): Beyond Consumption of Violence: Performativity of ISIS’ Atrocities against Hostages in Execution Videos from 2014-2015. (Master’s Thesis, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands). URL: http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/317723 Barakat, Reema (2015, May): The Resurrection of the Caliphate in ISIS’ Discourse. (Master’s Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States). URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2152/32400
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