William McCants

9 books

Founding Gods, Inventing Nations: Conquest and Culture Myths from Antiquity to Islam by William McCants

Founding Gods, Inventing Nations: Conquest and Culture Myths from Antiquity to Islam

William McCants

179 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative slow-paced
The ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy, and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic State by William McCants

The ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy, and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic State

William McCants

256 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Rethinking Political Islam by William McCants, Shadi Hamid

Rethinking Political Islam

William McCants, Shadi Hamid

400 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Believer: How an Introvert with a Passion for Religion and Soccer Became Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Leader of the Islamic State (The Brookings Essay) by William McCants

The Believer: How an Introvert with a Passion for Religion and Soccer Became Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Leader of the Islamic State (The Brookings Essay)

William McCants

21 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative fast-paced
The Believer: How an Introvert with a Passion for Religion and Soccer Became Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Leader of the Islamic State by William McCants
The Believer: How an Introvert with a Passion for Religion and Soccer Became Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Leader of the Islamic State
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William McCants

The Believer: How an Introvert with a Passion for Religion and Soccer Became Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Leader of the Islamic State

William McCants

21 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

Blind Spot: America's Response to Radicalism in the Middle East by David Ignatius, Richard Fontaine, Graeme Wood, Peter Feaver, James E. Cartwright, Joseph S. Nye Jr., Vali Nasr, William McCants, Shadi Hamid, Tom Pritzker, Brent Scowcroft, Michèle Flournoy, Philip D. Zelikow, R. Nicholas Burns, Sarah Sewall, Jonathon Price, Frances Townsend, Dov Zakheim, Bernard Haykel, Jared Cohen, Ryan Crocker, Farah Pandith

Blind Spot: America's Response to Radicalism in the Middle East

David Ignatius, Richard Fontaine, Graeme Wood, Peter Feaver, James E. Cartwright, Joseph S. Nye Jr., Vali Nasr, William McCants, Shadi Hamid, Tom Pritzker, Brent Scowcroft, Michèle Flournoy, Philip D. Zelikow, R. Nicholas Burns, Sarah Sewall, Jonathon Price, Frances Townsend, Dov Zakheim, Bernard Haykel, Jared Cohen, Ryan Crocker, Farah Pandith

215 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

informative medium-paced
The Management of Savagery: The Most Critical Stage Through Which the Umma Will Pass by Abu Bakr Naji, William McCants

The Management of Savagery: The Most Critical Stage Through Which the Umma Will Pass

Abu Bakr Naji, William McCants

268 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction informative reflective medium-paced
On the Margins: Extremist Parties in Democratic Systems by Matthew Goodwin, William McCants, William M. Downs, World Politics Review

On the Margins: Extremist Parties in Democratic Systems

Matthew Goodwin, William McCants, William M. Downs, World Politics Review

missing page info • first pub 2013 (editions)

challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Stealing Al-Qa ida s Playbook by Jarret M. Brachman
Stealing Al-Qa ida s Playbook
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Jarret M. Brachman

Stealing Al-Qa ida s Playbook

Jarret M. Brachman

missing page info • missing pub info (editions)