Terror and insurgency in the Sahara-Sahel region corruption, contraband, jihad and the Mali war of 2012-2013 - Harmon, Stephen Albert 1945- (Ashgate, 2014)
Includes bibliographical references and index
The Sahara-Sahel zone : historical background -- Algeria : Islam and state building -- Mali : democracy, corruption, and insurgency, 1991-2012 -- Nigeria : the growth of radical Islam -- American securitization initiatives in the Sahara-Sahel zone -- Regional destabilization : Algeria/Mali and northern Nigeria, 2010-2012 -- Mali at war -- Intervention and restoration -- Glossary
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 Sahara-Sahel 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