{"product_id":"goodbye-isis-what-remains-is-future-paperback","title":"Goodbye, Isis: What Remains Is Future - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKaterina Sergatskova\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKate Tsurkan\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy did more than 15,000 people from the former Soviet bloc join ISIS - nearly a third of the group's foreign fighters?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eGoodbye, ISIS: What Remains is Future\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning journalist Katerina Sergatskova investigates one of the most underexplored chapters of global terrorism. Drawing on years of reporting across Georgia, Turkey, Iraq, and Ukraine, she traces the personal stories of ISIS recruits, their families, and even those falsely accused of affiliation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough vivid interviews and groundbreaking reporting, Sergatskova reveals how post-Soviet fighters shaped ISIS, how the movement spread into the Caucasus, and why Ukraine has become an unexpected landing place for some of its veterans. Alongside this narrative, she connects today's extremist networks to earlier figures like Dzhokhar Dudayev and Shamil Basayev, showing how past conflicts laid the groundwork for ISIS's reach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth deeply human and geopolitically urgent, Goodbye, ISIS challenges assumptions about terrorism, migration, and security in the post-Soviet world -- and why understanding it matters for global stability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaterina Sergatskova\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning journalist, author, entrepreneur, and security trainer specializing in high-risk environments. She extensively reported on the war in Ukraine, Russian invasion, human rights violations in Eastern Europe, and war on the Islamic State in the Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate Tsurkan\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning translator, writer, and editor. Her writing and translations have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, Harpers, Vanity Fair, The New York Times, The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and a number of other publications. She is the culture reporter at the\u003ci\u003e Kyiv Independent\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 186\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46400251428999,"sku":"9798887198842","price":32.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/VW_1Mdt6vP9798887198842.webp?v=1793587843","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/goodbye-isis-what-remains-is-future-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}