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Fathom Exclusive – Making Sense of ISIS: an interview with Michael Weiss / 02 September / 2015

Michael Weiss is the co-author of the New York Times bestseller ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror.

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In this in-depth interview with Fathom, Weiss spoke about the transformation of ISIS into the most successful jihadist enterprise in the annals of international terrorism, how US foreign policy is helping ISIS strengthen their narrative and what steps could be taken to prevent ISIS from expanding further.

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Making Sense of ISIS: an interview with Michael Weiss

by Michael Weiss

Michael Weiss is the co-author with Hassan Hassan of the New York Times bestseller ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror. He is the Senior Editor at The Daily Beast and Editor of The Interpreter. Shirin Lotfi was an editorial assistant at Fathom. Inside the Army of Terror Shirin Lotfi: How did you come to write this book? Michael Weiss: I’ve been covering the Syria conflict since its inception. I started with a report on the Sunni opposition in June 2011...

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