The self-fulfilling prophecy of failed states: Somalia, state collapse and the Global War on Terror

Journal of Eastern African Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 405-425

  Verhoeven, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Failed states; Global War on Terror; Horn of Africa; Radical Islamism; Somalia

Indexed keywords

EID: 75249102696     PISSN: 17531055     EISSN: 17531063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17531050903273719     Document Type: Article

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