TY  - BOOK
AU  - WHITESIDE Craig
TI  - Accidental ethnographers: the Islamic State's tribal engagement experiment
PY  - 2020///
KW  - INSURGENCY
KW  - ISLAMIC STATE
KW  - DAESH
KW  - ISIS
KW  - ISIL
N2  - This paper traces the political, ideological, and structural changes the leaders of the Islamic State movement made to adapt its approach toward the Sunni tribes of Iraq and later Syria, in order to develop a deeper base of popular support for its caliphate project.  Recent U.S. experience in counterinsurgency has imparted on military leaders an appreciation for understanding the social, political, and cultural environment and how this environment may enhance or preclude desired policy outcomes
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2020.1713529
ER  -