What does the war in Iraq have to do with ISIS?

Mark Danner, “Iraq: The New War,” The New York Review of Books, September 25, 2003
- On the brewing insurgency that would eventually give rise to the Islamic State in Iraq – precursor to ISIS.
Peter Neumann, “Suspects into Collaborators,” London Review of Books, April 3, 2014
- On the role of Bashar al-Assad in nurturing jihadi organizations.
Mara Revkin, “ISIS’ Social Contract: What the Islamic State offers civilians,” Foreign Affairs, Jan. 21, 2016
- On state-building efforts under the Islamic State within Syrian and Iraqi territory.
Neil Swidey, “Where did ISIS come from? The story starts here,” Boston Globe, March 10, 2016
Nicolas Henin, Jihad Academy: The Rise of the Islamic State, 2016
- Henin was held by ISIS as a hostage in Syria.
Rasha Al Aqeedi, “The Once and Future Mosul,” The American Interest, Sept. 26, 2016
- On the history and society of Mosul, occupied by ISIS 2014-2017.
Ben Taub, “Iraq’s Post-ISIS Campaign of Revenge,” New Yorker, December 24, 2018
- On the grim realities of trying to adjudicate cases of involvement in ISIS in the aftermath of the groups destruction on the battlefield.