Black Flags

When we think about how far word of mouth travels between individuals, we may not know exactly how far an idea or trend socializes itself with society. Inside a small Jordanian Prison, the ideas and beliefs that engulfed those small rooms was where Isis got its start. Mastermind terroist Abu al-Zarqawi was forming a role for himself as the Architect for this Islamist movement based on dominating the Middle East by intimidation. Zarqawi was a man where people respected him and naturally were attracted to his actions and his voice. He had a following in which he would share his ideologies to. Zarqawi was able to manipulate many of these men to accompany him on his villainous and inhuman journey to being known. He wanted to grow strong in numbers, through fear and intimidation Zarqawi would instill fear into the Middle East spreading his radical ideologies. Author Joby Warrick uses his skill of switching from the perspectives of many high ranking officers, spies, general diplomats many of whom foresaw many of the events of a criminal who may have been worse than Al-Qaeda. For a person who seems to be spending more time slipping into the past with history this book does not disappoint as it brings detail after detail from multiple lines of perspectives. This book is a timeline of the birth of Isis and its effects on America and the rest of the world. Black Flags is a fantastic piece of definitive history that reveals the long arc of the world's most dangerous terroist threats.