Format:
1 Online-Ressource (288 pages)
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
Also available in print
ISBN:
1788317262
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9781788317269
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9781788311281
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9781788317245
Content:
"Boko Haram is the major threat to the Nigerian state, and has emerged as a destabilizing factor across sub-Saharan Africa. This is now a major focus of global policy-making as between 2013 and 2014 insurgency-related deaths in Nigeria exceeded those in Iraq and Afghanistan. While much has been written about Boko Haram's ideology and Islamism, very little has been written on the actual military nature of the organisation. This book is the first to focus on the military nature of Boko Haram, the reasons for its success in those specific regions of the Chad basin it operates in and a detailed history of the Nigerian army's counter-insurgency - with whom, uniquely, the author has spent research time. The book identifies and analyses the battles and skirmishes on the front line as well as exploring a wider explanation for Boko Haram's military success and the causes of the instability in the region."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Content:
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: The Insurgent -- Chapter 1. Boko Haram's Formative Years, Ideology and Transitioning to Violence -- Chapter 2. The 2009 Troubles in North-East Nigeria and Abu Shekau's Emergence -- Chapter 3. 2016 -- 2019: Boko Haram, Abu Mus'ab Al-Barnawi and Islamic State's West Africa Province (ISWAP) -- Part II: The Environment -- Chapter 4. The Terrestrial Environment as a Force-Multiplier -- Chapter 5. The North-East Nigeria Border Environment: Cameroon, Chad and Niger -- Chapter 6. The Non-Physical Environment to Boko Haram's Insurgency -- Part III: The Campaign -- Chapter 7. A Resilient Threat: Boko Haram's Military and Organisational Sophistication -- Chapter 8. Suicide Bombing and Guerrilla Warfare: Boko Haram's Covert Front -- Part IV: The Counter-Insurgency Challenge (Theory and Practice) -- Chapter 9. War and the COIN Challenge (Theory) -- Annexe to Chapter nine: 2019 Update -- Conclusion: So, Why Has the Nigerian Army Struggled Against Boko Haram? -- Notes -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Also available in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 1
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 1
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781788317269
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