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"Somalia is a failed state, representing a threat to itself, its neighbours 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 portrayed 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…
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1 edition- Other · English · 2012Zed Books · 217 pages · 9781842779330
Politics and governmentSocial conditionsHistorySomalia, politics and governmentSomalia, foreign relationsUnited states, foreign relations, africaPolitics & government