Islamism and its Enemies in the Horn of Africa Tapa blanda - 2004

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(London: Hurst & Company, 2004) 1850657319. 215 x 137 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. xiii + (i) + 279, incl. index; tables. Very good condition. "America's 'war on terrorism' has thrown political Islam in Africa into the international spotlight. This book examines the social and political manifestations of Islamism in north-east Africa, including the Nile Valley and the Horn. Militant Islamists were a powerful force in the region in the 1990s, seizing state power in Sudan where they pursued far-reaching programmes for comprehensive social transformation. They succeeded in moving the sociopolitical consensus on to Islamist terrain, but their more ambitious aims were unattainable. By 2000 jihadist Islamism was in retreat, brought down by both its own political and ideological limitations and the wars waged by its adversaries. In the meantime the regional enemies of the Islamic state themselves faced exhaustion. Since 2001 a new set of dynamics has been unfolding in… Leer más

Hurst, 2004. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. The wraps are slightly shelf rubbed. internally clean and soundly bound.[JK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.