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Terror and Insurgency in the Sahara-Sahel Region: Corruption, Contraband, Jihad and the Mali War of 2012-2013

By Stephen A. Harmon

Book information

Publisher
Ashgate Pub Co
Year
2014
ISBN
1409454754, 9781409454755
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1742771 bytes)
Series
The International Political Economy of New Regionalisms
Edition
New edition
Pages
273\296
Scanned
yes
Time added
2015-08-02 19:34:42
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Description

Harmon focuses on terrorism and insurgency in the lawless expanse of the Sahara Desert and the adjacent, transitional Sahel zone, plus the broader meta-region that includes countries such as Algeria, Mali, and Nigeria, and to a lesser extent, Niger and Mauritania. Covering such issues as Islamist terrorism, border insecurity, contraband, and human trafficking, this book looks at the interrelated problems of political and social pathologies that affect terrorist movements and security in the region. A valuable publication, it treats a series of related problems on the basis of a broadly defined area, with a special emphasis on the role of Islam as both a moderating and exacerbating factor. The book has a broader appeal than more narrowly focused country studies that derive from the perspective of only one problem such as terrorism or border insecurity.

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