TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fergusson,James
TI  - The world's most dangerous place: inside the outlaw state of Somalia 
SN  - 0306821176 (hardcover)
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Boston, MA
PB  - Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group
KW  - Qaida (Organization)
KW  - Islamic fundamentalism
KW  - Somalia
KW  - Terrorism
KW  - History
KW  - 1991-
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 1960-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-393) and index; Living on the line. An African Stalingrad : the war against al-Shabaab ; At the Bancroft Hotel : America's proxy war ; The field hospital : what bombs and bullets do to people ; Aden's story ; The failure of Somali politics ; What makes al-Shabaab tick? ; The famine -- Nomads' land. In the court of King Farole ; Galkacyo : Pirateville ; Hargeisa nights ; How to start a border war -- The diaspora. The Somali youth time-bomb ; The missing of Minneapolis ; 'Clanism is a disease like AIDS' ; Operation Linda Nchi : the end for al-Shabaab?
N2  - This is an authoritative account of the Somali region, its history, and the story of the Islamic extremists operating there today cites the high human cost of the region's clan-based civil war while explaining how current activities are directly threatening world security
ER  -