The age of Jihad: Islamic State and the great war for the Middle East

Part 1. Afghan prelude : The overthrow of the Taliban: Afghanistan, 2001 -- Part 2. The occupation of Iraq : Iraq under sanctions: Iraq, 1990-2003 -- Regime change: Iraq, 2003 -- Resistance: Iraq, 2004 -- Bombs and ballots: Iraq, 2005 -- Civil war: Iraq, 2006-7 -- Drawdown: Iraq, 2007-10 -- Part 3. Afghan reprise : The return of the Taliban: Afghanistan, 2009-12 -- Part IV: The Arab Spring : Mission creep: Libya, 2011 -- The "Somalianisation" of Libya: Libya, 2012-14 -- Yemen in the crossfire: Yemen, 2009-15 -- Sectarian venom: Bahrain, 2011 -- Part 5. Syria: revolution and counter-revolution : From revolution to sectarian war: Syria, 2011-13 -- Syrian catastrophe: Syria, 2013-14 -- Part 6. Birth of a caliphate : Ten years on: Iraq, 2013 -- Iraq on the brink: Iraq, 2013-14 -- The Islamic State expands: The Caliphate, 2014 -- The Islamic State remains: The Caliphate, 2014-15 -- Life in the Caliphate: The Caliphate, 2015 -- The Islamic State at bay: The Caliphate, 2015-16 -- The two sieges: Syria, Iraq, 2016-17 -- Afterword : Eight wars