Islamic Extremism: Middle East in Crisis

by Robert Fisk

Twentieth and twenty first century Islamic extremism is having a catastrophic impact on our world. Acts of terrorism committed by groups professing Islamic motivations and goals have created a state of crisis in the Middle East. In recent decades attacks and incidents of violence have become a daily threat on a global scale, affecting not only Muslim states in Africa and Asia, but also Europe, Russia, and the United States. What are the roots of this scourge of our time and what can we expect in the future? Islamic Middle East in Crisis investigates the causes of the violence and exposes the serious threats faced by Western democracy through the award-winning reporting of the Independent’s Robert Fisk.

200 pages, Paperback

Published December 1, 2017

About the author

Robert Fisk was an English writer and journalist. As Middle East correspondent of The Independent, he has primarily been based in Beirut for more than 30 years. He has published a number of books and has reported on the United States'war in Afghanistan and its 2003 invasion of Iraq. Fisk holds more British and International Journalism awards than any other foreign correspondent. The New York Times once described Robert Fisk as "probably the most famous foreign correspondent in Britain.

Fisk has said that journalism must "challenge authority, all authority, especially so when governments and politicians take us to war." He is a pacifist and has never voted.