Boko Haram : : The History of an African Jihadist Movement / / Alexander Thurston.

A comprehensive history of one of the world's deadliest jihadist groupsBoko 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,...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DTL Humanities 2020
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]
©2018
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics ; 65
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Physical Description:1 online resource (352 p.) :; 3 maps.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • The Lifeworld of Muhammad Yusuf
  • Preaching Exclusivism, Playing Politics
  • "Chaos is Worse than Killing"
  • Total War in Northeastern Nigeria
  • Same War, New Actors
  • Conclusion
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index