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ISIS: An Introduction and Guide to the Islamic State. By Brian L. Steed. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2016. 197 pages. Acid free $58 (ISBN 978-1-4408-4986-2). E-book available (978-1-4408-4987-9), call for pricing.
In the past two years there has been a proliferation of books aimed at educating readers about all aspects of ISIS and its development. While this work falls within this corpus, it is unique in its hybrid reference book format. The first part of the work provides nine sections of topical snapshots such as, "What Is In a Name?: IS, ISIS, ISIL, Da'ash," "The Attraction of ISIS," and "ISIS and the Media." Within some of these sections there are encyclopedic entries arranged topically, for...