Details the rise of ISIS, which developed as autocrats in the Middle East sought to undermine the Arab Spring.
Jean-Pierre Filiu is Professor of Middle East Studies at Sciences Po in Paris, and has held visiting professorships at both Columbia University and Georgetown University. His book The Apocalypse in Islam was awarded the main prize by the French History Association. His books and articles on the Arab world have been published in a dozen languages. His most recent book is Gaza, also available from Oxford University Press.