The ISIS apocalypse: the history, strategy, and doomsday vision of the Islamic State

ibly the only realist facet that survived the transition to the more inclusive liberal political landscape of the early twenty-first century. Indeed, military heritage features strongly within the European identity as a whole, and this is individually defined by the contributing authors and examined in the context of the legal, social, political and ethical considerations of sub-contracting elements of domestic and overseas defence commitments to commercial entities that could weaken the administrative fabric. Each chapter is served up as a national dish as an exhibition of national identity alongside popular domestic values, and how the defence and security function fits within that description. Without dissecting the minutiae of any individual contribution, several major observations are evident across the publication: