9781842779323-184277932X-Getting Somalia Wrong?: Faith, War and Hope in a Shattered State (African Arguments)

Getting Somalia Wrong?: Faith, War and Hope in a Shattered State (African Arguments)

ISBN-13: 9781842779323
ISBN-10: 184277932X
Edition: Illustrated
Author: Mary Harper
Publication date: 2012
Publisher: Zed Books
Format: Hardcover 232 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781842779323
ISBN-10: 184277932X
Edition: Illustrated
Author: Mary Harper
Publication date: 2012
Publisher: Zed Books
Format: Hardcover 232 pages

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Getting Somalia Wrong?: Faith, War and Hope in a Shattered State (African Arguments) (ISBN-13: 9781842779323 and ISBN-10: 184277932X), written by authors Mary Harper, was published by Zed Books in 2012. With an overall rating of 3.8 stars, it's a notable title among other East Africa (African History) books. You can easily purchase or rent Getting Somalia Wrong?: Faith, War and Hope in a Shattered State (African Arguments) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used East Africa books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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Somalia is a comprehensively failed state, representing a threat to itself, its neighbors, and the wider world. In recent years, it has become notorious for the piracy off its coast and the rise of Islamic extremism, opening it up as a new "southern front" in the war on terror. At least that is how it is inevitably presented by politicians and in the media. In Getting Somalia Wrong?, Mary Harper presents the first comprehensive account of the chaos into which the country has descended and the United States' renewed involvement there. In doing so, Harper argues that viewing Somalia through the prism of al-Qaeda risks further destabilizing the country and the entire Horn of Africa, while also showing that though the country may be a failed state, it is far from being a failed society. In reality, alternative forms of business, justice, education, and local politics have survived and even flourished. Provactive and eye-opening, Getting Somalia Wrong? shows that until the international community starts to "get it right," the consequences will be devastating, not just for Somalia, but for the world.
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