Getting Somalia Wrong? Faith, War and Hope in a Shattered State

Name: Getting Somalia Wrong? Faith, War and Hope in a Shattered State
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ISBN: 9781842779330

ISBN-10: 1842779338

ISBN-13: 9781842779330

Edition: 2012

Authors: Mary Harper

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Somalia is a comprehensively failed state, representing a threat to itself, its neighbors, and the wider world. In recent years, it has become notorious for the piracy off its coast and the rise of Islamic extremism, opening it up as a new "southern front" in the war on terror. At least that is how it is inevitably presented by politicians and in the media. InGetting Somalia Wrong?,Mary Harper presents the first comprehensive account of the chaos into which the country has descended and the United States' renewed involvement there. In doing so, Harper argues that viewing Somalia through the prism of al-Qaeda risks further destabilizing the country and the entire Horn of Africa, while also…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Publication date: 2/9/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 5.06" wide x 7.81" long x 0.49" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Illustrations


Acknowledgements


Author's note


Chronology


Glossary


Introduction



Clan and country



History



Islamism



A failed state?



Piracy



Somalia and the outside world


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index