Rise of ISIS: A Threat We Can't Ignore
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Disjointed book that isn't really worth the time for at least three salient reasons for me (although there's more than I care to get into):
1) The name of the book is a misnomer. Sekulow spends only 3 of 11 chapters talking about ISIS and the other 8 talking about Hamas or the Left.
2) During the small portion where Sekulow does talk about ISIS, he doesn't give much detail to its “rise.” The majority of details connected to ISIS are brief visceral images of brutality designed to evoke emotion.
3) Sources. I'm a little more judgmental on this one due to a self-aggrandizing quote on page 13 touting how well-researched this book is: “This book is not long, but you'll notice that it is full of footnotes to our sources. In other words, we've done our homework.” Upon scanning the sources at the back of the book, a significant chunk (at least 50) come from sources like tabloids (Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, Daily News), blogs, and obviously biased sites that can easily serve as just an echo chamber (InfoWars, TheBlaze, etc).
