A revelatory look inside the world's most dangerous terrorist group.
The first book offering original reportage on the rise of ISIS.
Weiss and Hassan have interviewed ISIS fighters and their families, painting the most comprehensive picture available.
Draws on over a dozen interviews with former Iraq war officials at both the civilian and military levels.
Weiss has reported from Syria, alongside the Free Syrian Army, and Hassan is a Syrian journalist.
Substantial publicity in the mainstream UK press, including The Guardian, Economist and more.
In ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror, American journalist Michael Weiss and Syrian analyst Hassan Hassan explain how these violent extremists evolved from a nearly defeated Iraqi insurgent group into a jihadi army of international volunteers who behead Western hostages in slickly produced videos and have conquered territory equal to the size of Great Britain. Beginning with the early days of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the founder of ISIS's first incarnation as al-Qaeda in Iraq,' Weiss and Hassan explain the key players and their origins, and how the movement has gained support.'