Al-shabaab in Somalia : the history and ideology of a militant Islamist group
By: Hansen, Stig Jarle
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2016.Description: xvi, 213 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9781849045100Subject(s): Terrorism -- Africa -- Prevention | Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention | Political stability -- Africa | Internal security -- AfricaDDC classification: 967.73053 HA AL| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 967.73053 HA AL (Browse shelf) | Available | Jan2019 | T0061231 |
1. Introduction
2. Setting the stage: the resurgence of religion in Somalia
3. Origins
4. The first expansive phase, 2005-06: in the shadow of the courts
5. Phoenix from the ahses: insurgency (2007-08)
6. The golden age of Al-Shabaab (2009-10)
7. The era of troubles (2010- )
8. Lose some, win some?
9. Conclusions.
This book attempts to go beyond the media headlines and simplistic analyses based on alarmist or localist narratives and, by employing intensive field research conducted within Somalia, as well as on the ground interviews with Shabaab leaders themselves, explores the history of a remarkable organisation, one that has survived predictions of its collapse on several occasions. The book portrays al-Shabaab as a hybrid Islamist organization that combines a strong streak of Somali nationalism with the rhetorical obligations of international jihadism, thereby attracting a not insignificant number of foreign fighters to its ranks. Both these strands of Shabaab have been inadvertently boosted by Ethiopian, American and African Union attempts to defeat it militarily, all of which have come to naught.