Alexander Thurston

Jihadists of North Africa and the Sahel

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Produktbeschreibung

Offers unique insights into the inner workings of jihadist organisations over the past three decades in North Africa and the Sahel.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 150mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 624g
• ISBN-13: 9781108488662
• ISBN-10: 1108488668
• Artikelnr.: 59411847

Autorenporträt

Alexander Thurston is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Cincinnati. He was an International Affairs Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations between 2013-14, and has also held fellowships with the Wilson Center and the American Council of Learned Societies. He is the author of Salafism in Nigeria: Islam, Preaching and Politics (2016) and Boko Haram: The History of an African Jihadist Movement (2018) which was named by Foreign Affairs as one of the 'Best of Books 2018' and was a finalist for the African Studies Association's Book Prize in 2019.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Algeria: the GIA from incorporation to tyranny
2. The GSPC/AQIM: schism, coup, and a broken triangle in the Sahara
3. Northern Mali: dialectics of local support
4. Central Mali: the possibilities and the limits of incorporation
5. The Mali-Niger-Burkina Faso borderlands: incorporation and accommodation at the Peripheries
6. Libya: fratricide in Derna
7. Mauritania: post-jihadism?
Conclusion. Northwest Africa and the war on terror.