Title Jihadists of North Africa and the Sahel : local politics and rebel groups / Alexander Thurston

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (x, 349 pages) : maps Contents Introduction -- Algeria: The GIA from Incorporation to Tyranny -- The GSPC/AQIM: Schism, Coup, and a Broken Triangle in the Sahara -- Northern Mali: Dialectics of Local Support -- Central Mali: The Possibilities and the Limits of Incorporation -- The Mali-Niger-Burkina Faso Borderlands: Incorporation and accommodation at the Peripheries -- Libya: Fratricide in Derna -- Mauritania: Post-Jihadism? -- Conclusion: Northwest Africa and the War on Terror Summary "What drives the rise and fall of jihadist movements in North Africa and the Sahel? This book offers a novel explanation of jihadist mobilization in this critical region and around the world, treating jihadist organizations as internally diverse political coalitions. These coalitions, the author argues, routinely negotiate and compromise with political forces around them, even as blocs within the coalitions negotiate, argue, and even fight with one another. Rather than treating jihadists as single-minded fanatics, the volume discusses them as nuanced political actors - who are, moreover, sometimes forced to accommodate the interests of sophisticated political actors in the societies they enter. The volume offers insight into key recent events in Mali, Libya, and elsewhere in the region, examining the northern Malian uprising of 2012 and its aftermath, the emergence and collapse of Islamic State territories in Libya, and the deterioration of security and governance in central Mali and northern Burkina Faso. Based on fieldwork in the region, jihadist primary source documents, and a detailed examination of historical and political context, the volume sheds new light on a widely misunderstood part of Africa"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 05, 2020) Subject Islam and politics -- Africa, North Islam and politics -- Sahel Islamic fundamentalism -- Africa, North Islamic fundamentalism -- Sahel Terrorist organizations -- Africa, North Terrorist organizations -- Sahel Jihad. Islam and politics Islamic fundamentalism Jihad Terrorist organizations Africa -- Sahel North Africa Form Electronic book LC no. 2020002778 ISBN 9781108771160 1108771165 9781108805292 1108805299

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