Unmasking Boko Haram : : Exploring Global Jihad in Nigeria / / Jacob Zenn.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Zenn, Jacob,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (415 p.)

The kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls from the village of Chibok, Nigeria, in 2014 drew the world's attention to the previously little-known extremist group Boko Haram. Numerous questions followed, among them: Where did Boko Haram come from? What explains the rise of this militant Islamic group and its increasingly violent actions? What is its relationship to the Islamic State? Jacob Zenn addresses these questions in his detailed chronicle of the foundation of Boko Haram, its strategy and tactics, and its evolution as a global Jihadist movement. Drawing on exclusive interviews and extensive primary sources in Arabic and Hausa, Zenn reveals the group's inner workings and the dynamics of its trajectory.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Boko Haram and Global Jihad -- 2 Nigerian Jihadists in Sudan and the Sahel -- 3 Al-Qaeda in Nigeria -- 4 Ideological Preparation for Jihad -- 5 Broken Alliances with Salafis -- 6 Mobilizing for Battle -- 7 The Role of al-Qaeda Affiliates -- 8 Factional Feuds and Territorial Conquests -- 9 Allegiance to the Islamic State -- 10 The Islamic State in West Africa Province -- 11 The Future of Global Jihad in Nigeria -- Appendixes -- Appendix 1: Nigerian Heads of State and Associated Key Events Since 1976 -- Appendix 2: Boko Haram Leadership Time Line -- Acronyms -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book