An Alliance Built Upon Necessity: Aqim, Boko Haram, and the African "Arch of Instability"

by Naval Postgraduate School

This book examines numerous linkages between two influential terrorist organizations operating in Sub-Saharan Africa, Boko Haram and Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), and what would be the political and security ramifications on United States foreign policy toward Sub-Saharan Africa stemming from the enhanced partnership between these groups. I argue that containment of these groups and their current operations through overwhelming military...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1502386771
• ISBN13: 9781502386779
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 74 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"