Description: Further DetailsTitle: Boko HaramCondition: NewEAN: 9780691172248ISBN: 9780691172248Publisher: Princeton University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 11/14/2017Item Height: 216mmItem Length: 140mmItem Weight: 595gAuthor: Alexander ThurstonLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: The History of an African Jihadist MovementISBN-10: 0691172242Description: A comprehensive history of one of the world's deadliest jihadist groups Boko Haram is one of the world's deadliest jihadist groups. It has killed more than twenty thousand people and displaced more than two million in a campaign of terror that began in Nigeria but has since spread to Chad, Niger, and Cameroon as well. This is the first book to tell the full story of this West African affiliate of the Islamic State, from its beginnings in the early 2000s to its most infamous violence, including the 2014 kidnapping of 276 Nigerian schoolgirls. Drawing on sources in Arabic and Hausa, rare documents, propaganda videos, press reports, and interviews with experts in Nigeria, Cameroon, and Niger, Alexander Thurston sheds new light on Boko Haram's development. He shows that the group, far from being a simple or static terrorist organization, has evolved in its worldview and ideology in reaction to events. Chief among these has been Boko Haram's escalating war with the Nigerian state and civilian vigilantes. The book closely examines both the behavior and beliefs that are the keys to understanding Boko Haram.Putting the group's violence in the context of the complex religious and political environment of Nigeria and the Lake Chad region, the book examines how Boko Haram relates to states, politicians, Salafis, Sufis, Muslim civilians, and Christians. It also probes Boko Haram's international connections, including its loose former ties to al-Qaida and its 2015 pledge of allegiance to ISIS. An in-depth account of a group that is menacing Africa's most populous and richest country, the book also illuminates the dynamics of civil war in Africa and jihadist movements in other parts of the world.Country/Region of Manufacture: USBook Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim PoliticsGenre: Law & PoliticsTopic: Philosophy & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Social SciencesRelease Year: 2017 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Boko Haram
Title: Boko Haram
EAN: 9780691172248
ISBN: 9780691172248
Release Date: 11/14/2017
Release Year: 2017
Subtitle: The History of an African Jihadist Movement
ISBN-10: 0691172242
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
Book Title: Boko Haram : the History of an African Jihadist Movement
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Topic: Political Ideologies / Radicalism, Terrorism, Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, Fundamentalism, Security (National & International), Religion, Politics & State
Item Height: 1.1 in
Publication Year: 2017
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Religion, Political Science
Item Weight: 21 Oz
Author: Alexander Thurston
Item Length: 8.8 in
Item Width: 6.2 in
Book Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics Ser.
Format: Hardcover
