Boko Haram is the major threat to the Nigerian state, and has emerged as a destabilizing factor across sub-Saharan Africa. This is now a major focus of global policy-making, as between 2013 and 2014 insurgency-related deaths in Nigeria exceeded those in Iraq and Afghanistan.
This book is the first to focus on the military nature of Boko Haram, the reasons for its success in those specific regions of the Chad basin it operates in and a detailed history of the Nigerian army's counter-insurgency – with whom, uniquely, the author has spent research time. The book identifies and analyses the battles and skirmishes on the front line, as well as unearthing a wider explanation for Boko Haram's military success and the causes of the instability in the region.
Author(s): Akali Omeni
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 288
City: London
Cover
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Introduction
Part I The Insurgent
1 Boko Haram’s Formative Years, Ideology and Transitioning to Violence
2 The 2009 Troubles in North-East Nigeria and Abu Shekau’s Emergence
3 Boko Haram, Abu Mus’ab Al-Barnawi and ISWAP
Part II The Environment
4 The Terrestrial Environment as a Force-Multiplier
5 The North-East Nigeria Border Environment: Cameroon, Chad and Niger
6 The Non-Physical Environment to Boko Haram’s Insurgency
Part III Boko Haram’s Military Campaign
7 A Resilient Threat: Boko Haram’s Military and Organizational Sophistication
8 Suicide Bombing and Guerrilla Warfare: Boko Haram’s Covert Front
Part IV The Counter-Insurgency Challenge
9 War and the COIN Challenge
Annexe to Chapter 9: 2019 Update
Conclusion: So, Why Has the Nigerian Army Struggled Against Boko Haram?
Notes
Bibliography
Index
