1 Table of Contents: “... -- 3. Explodes and Expands: How the 'Islamic State' Fights in Syria -- 4. Reloads but Implodes: How...”

2 “... to the re-emergence of a belligerent Russia, the seizure of significant territory in Iraq and Syria...”

3 “... other military contexts (Vindolanda in northern England, Dura Europos in southern-eastern Syria, Gholaia...”