Book Review: The Islamic State in Afghanistan and Pakistan: Strategic Alliances and Rivalries

Abstract

Authors: Amira Jadoon with Andrew Mines Reviewed by Thomas F. Lynch III, PhD, Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of National Strategic Studies, National Defense University Dr. Thomas F. Lynch III offers his expertise in a thoughtful review of this essential primer on the Islamic-State Khorasan Province (ISK). While finding the book\u27s idea that the ISK is currently a latent, global terrorist threat to be less persuasive, Lynch highlights the value of author Amira Jadoon\u27s unique ability to write with an appropriate level of depth about the complexity of tribal groups, subgroups, fragments, and splinters and notes that There is no other published work today with such a high level of insight into this enduring regional terrorist group.https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters_bookshelf/1038/thumbnail.jp

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