The Way of the Strangers

What does ISIS really want? This is the definitive account of the strategy, psychology, and fundamentalism driving the Islamic State. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY  FOREIGN AFFAIRS  •   “Worthy of Joseph Conrad . . . gripping, sobering and revelatory.”—Tom Holland,  New Statesman The Islamic State inspired a wave of true believers to travel to Syria from Europe, America, and the Middle East, in numbers not seen since the Crusades. What compelled tens of thousands