- Cover
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: The Islamic State and Political Violence in the Early Twenty-First Century
- 1. Al Qaeda's Matrix
- 2. Apocalypse Iraq
- 3. From Qaedat al Jihad to Al Dawla al Islamiya
- 4. Modernity and the Globalised Insurgent
- Conclusion: Colonialism Boomerang
- Glossary
- Chronology
- Notes
- Index