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Informationen zum Autor James J. Hentz is Professor and Chair of the Department of International Studies and Political Science at the Virginia Military Institute! USA. He is author/editor of numerous titles! including the Routledge Handbook of African Security (2013).Hussein Solomon is Senior Professor in the Department of Political Studies and Governance at the University of the Free State! South Africa! and author of Islamic State and the Coming Global Confrontation (2016). Zusammenfassung The primary objective of this book is to understand the nature of the Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Theorizing Boko Haram: Understanding the Terrorist Threat! Hussein SolomonPart I: The Long Durée2. Boko Haram: A Jihadist Enigma in Nigeria!Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos3. The Boko Haram Paradox: Ethnicity! Religion! and Historical Memory in Pursuit of a Caliphate! Zacharias P. Pieri and Jacob Zenn4. Old Wine in a New Bottle: Ideological and Operational Linkages between Maitatsine and Boko Haram Revolts in Nigeria! Iro Aghedo Part II: The Nigerian State and Boko Haram5. Boko Haram and the Widening of Cleavages in Nigeria! Azeez Olaniyan and Lucky Asuelime6. Identity! Deprivation! Terror: Why Boko Haram Rebels! Daniel Agbiboa7. The Elusive Quest for Peace: Boko Haram and the Hollowness of Nigeria's Counterinsurgency Strategy and Weak Security Architecture! Olabanji Akinola8. Mopping the Wet Floor of a Leaking Roof: Fighting Terror While Overlooking Radicalization! Ibaba Samuel Ibaba and Anthony OkoyePart III: Responses9. Portents of a Fractured Boko Haram for Nigeria's Counter-Terrorism Strategy and Tactics! Gbemisola Abdul-Jelil Animasawun 10. Effective Counter-Terrorism Against Boko Haram: Empirical Assessments of Coercion! Delegitimization! Incentivization and Denial Strategies in Nigeria (2009-2014)! John A. Stevenson! Amy Pate! Elvis Asiamah 11. The Western Response! Virginia Comolli12. Responding to Boko Haram: interrogating the Effectiveness of State and Regional Intervention Approaches! Kwesi Aning! Mustapha Abdallah and Festus Aubyn13. Conclusion: Nigeria and a War across States in Northwest Africa! James J. Hentz ...
