Boko Haram: The History of an African Jihadist Movement

by Alexander Thurston

Book Overview

A comprehensive history of one of the world's deadliest jihadist groups

Boko Haram is one of the world's deadliest jihadist groups. It has killed more than twenty thousand people and displaced more than two million in a campaign of terror that began in Nigeria but has since spread to Chad, Niger, and Cameroon as well. This is the first book to tell the full story of this West African affiliate of the Islamic State, from its beginnings...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691172242
• ISBN13: 9780691172248
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.6"