Battling terrorism in the Horn of Africa
By: Robert I. Rotberg, editor.
Contributors: Rotberg, Robert I.; World Peace Foundation.; Brookings Institution.
Publisher: World Peace Foundation; Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass; Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9780815775706; 9780815775713
Subjects: Terrorism -- Africa, Northeast -- Prevention.; Islam and politics -- Africa, Northeast.
Description: "Examines the state of governance in the countries of the greater Horn of Africa region--Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, the Sudan, and Yemen--and discusses strategies to combat the transnational threat of terrorism, including suggestions for more effective U.S. engagement in the region"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Horn of Africa and Yemen : diminishing the threat of terrorism / Robert I. Rotberg; title: Somalia and Somaliland : terrorism, political Islam, and state collapse / Kenneth J. Menkhaus; title: Djibouti : a special role in the war on terrorism / Lange Schermerhorn; title: Eritrea : on a slow fuse / Dan Connell; title: Ethiopia : governance and terrorism / David H. Shinn; title: The Sudan : political Islam and terrorism / Timothy Carney; title: Yemen : its political economy and the effort against terrorism / Robert D. Burrowes; title: Kenya : the struggle against terrorism / Johnnie Carson.