Al-Shabaab: The Threat to Kenya and the Horn of Africa

by U.S. Army War College

The Republic of Somalia gained independence on 1st July 1960 and nine years later General Mohamed Said Barre took power through a coup. In 1991 anarchy ensued after his expulsion and since then Somalia has been in a protracted conflict for over twenty four years with a lack of proper institutions for governance and the political capacity to function as a state. Fighting among leaders of rival factions and the lack of a stable functional government...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503101371
• ISBN13: 9781503101371
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"