TY - BOOK AU - Maruf,Harun AU - Joseph,Dan TI - Inside al-Shabaab: the secret history of al-Qaeda's most powerful ally SN - 9780253037480 AV - HV6433.S582 MAR U1 - HV6433.S582 MAR PY - 2018/// CY - Bloomington, Indiana PB - Indiana University Press KW - Shabaab (Organization) KW - Terrorism KW - Somalia KW - Insurgency KW - Islam and politics KW - Politics and government KW - 1991- N1 - 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 ER -