Alastair Crooke was advisor to EU High Representative, Javier Solana, in the Middle East, 1997-2003. He was involved in facilitating a series of de-escalations of violence and military withdrawals in Palestine with Islamist movements from 2000-2003 and the end to the Bethlehem Church of the Nativity siege. He was a staff member of the Mitchell Committee into the causes of the Intifada in 2000 and is Director and founder of Conflicts Forum. He is the author of Resistance (Pluto, 2009).

'Erudite, and most readable. Educates us about the history and philosophy of the Islamic world, and its various factions'

• Foreword AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I - Existential Threats1. In the Service of God and the Interests of the PeoplePart II - Ideology of Revolution2. The Awakening of Resistance3. Political Shi'ism4. Social Revolution5. God is a LiberalPart III - Practising Resistance6. A Culture of Willpower and Reason7. Refusing SubserviencePart IV - Demonisation8. Resistance and the normalisation of Injustice 9. The Nature of PowerConclusion10. The Limits to the Present EpilogueNotesIndex

Alastair Crooke was advisor to EU High Representative, Javier Solana, in the Middle East, 1997-2003. He was involved in facilitating a series of de-escalations of violence and military withdrawals in Palestine with Islamist movements from 2000-2003 and the end to the Bethlehem Church of the Nativity siege. He was a staff member of the Mitchell Committee into the causes of the Intifada in 2000 and is Director and founder of Conflicts Forum. He is the author of Resistance (Pluto, 2009).

'Erudite, and most readable. Educates us about the history and philosophy of the Islamic world, and its various factions'

• Foreword AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I - Existential Threats1. In the Service of God and the Interests of the PeoplePart II - Ideology of Revolution2. The Awakening of Resistance3. Political Shi'ism4. Social Revolution5. God is a LiberalPart III - Practising Resistance6. A Culture of Willpower and Reason7. Refusing SubserviencePart IV - Demonisation8. Resistance and the normalisation of Injustice 9. The Nature of PowerConclusion10. The Limits to the Present EpilogueNotesIndex

Alastair Crooke was advisor to EU High Representative, Javier Solana, in the Middle East, 1997-2003. He was involved in facilitating a series of de-escalations of violence and military withdrawals in Palestine with Islamist movements from 2000-2003 and the end to the Bethlehem Church of the Nativity siege. He was a staff member of the Mitchell Committee into the causes of the Intifada in 2000 and is Director and founder of Conflicts Forum. He is the author of Resistance (Pluto, 2009).

'Erudite, and most readable. Educates us about the history and philosophy of the Islamic world, and its various factions'

• Foreword AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I - Existential Threats1. In the Service of God and the Interests of the PeoplePart II - Ideology of Revolution2. The Awakening of Resistance3. Political Shi'ism4. Social Revolution5. God is a LiberalPart III - Practising Resistance6. A Culture of Willpower and Reason7. Refusing SubserviencePart IV - Demonisation8. Resistance and the normalisation of Injustice 9. The Nature of PowerConclusion10. The Limits to the Present EpilogueNotesIndex