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Maruf, Harun,

Inside al-Shabaab : the secret history of al-Qaeda's most powerful ally Harun Maruf and Dan Joseph ; Foreword by Christopher Anzalone. - Bloomington, Indiana Indiana University Press 2018 - xiii, 323 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-313) and index.

Foreword / by Christopher Anzalone -- Sources and acknowledgments -- Prologue: birth of a militant -- Origins and rise -- Jihad arrives in Somalia -- The CIS, warlords, and Ethiopia -- "The real jihad has just started" -- Godane -- Al-Shabaab Americans -- Radical organization -- The battle for Mogadishu -- "TFG in grave jeopardy" -- "Send troops... within 24 hours" -- Zenith and stalemate -- The Ramadan offensive -- Withdrawal -- On the run -- Divisions and purge -- The road to Westgate -- No place to hide -- Resurgence -- Arresting the decline -- The ISIS incursion -- Al-Shabaab's future.

ISBN: 9780253037480 9780253037497

LCCN: 2018019388

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Shabaab (Organization)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Terrorism--Somalia.
Insurgency--Somalia.
Islam and politics--Somalia.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Somalia--Politics and government--1991-

LC Class. No.: HV6433.S582 MAR

Dewey Class. No.: HV6433.S582 MAR