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Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Somalia: a failed state?
• 3. Somali piracy: 1989-2006
• 4. Piracy and fishing
• 5.The principal piracy groups: 1996-2006
• 6. The attack on the Seabourn Spirit and its consequences
• 7. A clan-based society
• 8. The Barre dictatorship and its aftermath
• 9. The rise and fall of the TNG and the rise of the TFG
• 10. Economic motivation for turmoil
• 11. Puntland: the piracy sanctuary
• 12. Somalia: without a government but not ungoverned
• 13. The growth of political Islam
• 14. The link to terrorism
• 15. The rise of the Islamic Courts Union
• 16. The ICU come to power
• 17. The ICU's fall
• 18. The return of the pirate gangs
• 19. The consequences of reward
• 20. Why piracy became so virulent: the political dimension

• 21. Why piracy became so profitable: the organizational dimension
• 22. Legal measures
• 23. The naval response
• 24. Somali piracy and terrorism
• 25. The further fall of a fallen state
• 26. Al-Shabaab and the growth of Islamism in southern Somalia
• 27. Somalia and Barbary
• 28. Conclusions.

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Author/Creator:

Murphy, Martin N.

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Somalia, the new Barbary?: piracy and Islam in the Horn of Africa [by Murphy, M.N.]

Subjects:

Maritime terrorism — Somalia

Piracy — Somalia

Hijacking of ships — Somalia

Failed states — Somalia

Somalia — Politics and government — 1991-

Islam and state — Somalia

Islamic fundamentalism — Somalia

Since 1991

Piracy

Hijacking of ships

Failed states

Politics and government

Islam and state

Islamic fundamentalism

Maritime terrorism

Somalia

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

xiii, 277 pages : map ; 23 cm

Call Numbers:

HV6433.786.S58 M87 2011

ISBNs:

9780231701549 (alk. paper)
0231701543 (alk. paper)
9780231800501 (e-ISBN)
0231800509 (e-ISBN)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2010033016

OCLC Numbers:

500818322