Author: Tore Hamming Publisher: Hurst Price: £30 (Hardback) Released: Out now
Tore Hamming’s analysis of militant Islamic fratricide is a meticulously researched account of intra-jihadi conflict, seen through the jihadis’ own lens. The author, who is director of Refslund Analytics at King’s College London, has conducted on-the-ground research on his subject throughout the Middle East and Africa, in countries where jihadi fighting was at its most violent during the 2014-19 civil war period.
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