About the Book
When you keep repeating that the worst is about to happen, it finally does. The threat of terrorism has caught up with us. By invading Iraq in 2003 and not intervening in Syriasince 2011, we have helped fuel radicalization. And we continue to fuel it, by makingdiplomatic compromises with dictators, by refusing to heed the suffering of populations,and by failing to invent counter-speech. What is the responsibility of our societies in thecreation of these new jihadists? How are they molded? How have we played the IslamicState's game and spread its propaganda, allowing it to invade our neighborhoods andenlist more and more recruits ready to fight for a distorted fantasy of Islam? NicolasHenin presents the case against the West, showing how its mistakes and inaction havecontributed to the disaster. He also advances possible strategies to repair what can stillbe repaired.
About the Author
A freelance journalist (Le Point, Arte, etc.), Nicolas Henin has spent most of his careerbetween Iraq and Syria. From the fall of Bagdad to the capture of Raqqa, he haswitnessed the events leading to the rise of the Islamic State. He has come into veryclose contact with jihadists. (He was held hostage by the Islamic State in Syria for tenmonths.)
About the Book When you keep repeating that the worst is about to happen, it finally does. The threat of terrorism has caught up with us. By invading Iraq in 2003 and not intervening in Syriasince 2011, we have helped fuel radicalization. And we continue to fuel it, by makingdiplomatic compromises with dictators, by refusing to heed the suffering of populations,and by failing to invent counter-speech. What is the responsibility of our societies in thecreation of these new jihadists? How are they molded? How have we played the IslamicState's game and spread its propaganda, allowing it to invade our neighborhoods andenlist more and more recruits ready to fight for a distorted fantasy of Islam? NicolasHenin presents the case against the West, showing how its mistakes and inaction havecontributed to the disaster. He also advances possible strategies to repair what can stillbe repaired. About the Author A freelance journalist (Le Point, Arte, etc.), Nicolas Henin has spent most of his careerbetween Iraq and Syria. From the fall of Bagdad to the capture of Raqqa, he haswitnessed the events leading to the rise of the Islamic State. He has come into veryclose contact with jihadists. (He was held hostage by the Islamic State in Syria for tenmonths.)