Book review: The Jihadis Return, by Patrick Cockburn

Posted by Anthony Campbell on Saturday, September 13. 2014

Patrick Cockburn is Middle East correspondent for The Independent and is probably the best-informed and most perceptive British commentator on that troubled region. He has previously written three books on the recent history of Iraq. This one provides an up-to-date account of the spectacular rise of ISIS (the "Islamic Caliphate"). [More]

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