Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This highly decorated and highly visible author is revising his first edition of The Terrorists of Iraq in the wake of the most recent turmoil effecting the country. His new edition contains valuable insight to many of the terrorist groups in the region including ISIS, which is being talked about on nearly every news outlet today. The book will continue to draw on the historical analyses, examinations of organizations/weapons/strategy & tactics, and policy recommendations included in the first edition- but, will add valuable insight learned from the most recent crisis and the changes that have occurred in the last 6 years since its publication. "-- Provided by publisher.

"Malcolm Nance, a long-time veteran of the US intelligence community's counterterrorism effort, revisits his first edition of "The Terrorists of Iraq" in wake of the most recent turmoil in the country. This new edition contains valuable insight to many of the terrorist groups, including ISIS, effecting the region today. It will continue to draw on the historical analyses, examinations of organizations/weapons/strategy & tactics, and policy recommendations included in the first edition--but, will add valuable lessons learned from the most recent crisis and the changes that have occurred in the last 6 years since the first edition's publication"-- Provided by publisher.