 A number of media outlets have compared the attempts by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant to establish territorial control in Iraq and Syria with the strategy outlined in "Management of Savagery".The first issue of the Islamic State's online magazine, "Dabiq", contained discussion of guerrilla warfare and tactics that closely resembled the writings and terminology used in "Management of Savagery", although the book was not mentioned directly.Journalist Hassan Hassan, writing in "The Guardian", reported an ISIL-affiliated cleric as saying that "Management of Savagery" is widely read among the group's commanders and some of its rank-and-file fighters.