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Somalia. Somaliland and adjacent territory

  • The Battle of Mogadishuby Matt Eversmann; Dan Schilling

    Random House Publishing Group 2004; US$ 7.99

    ?No matter how skilled the writer of nonfiction, you are always getting the story secondhand. Here?s a chance to go right to the source. . . . These men were there.? ?MARK BOWDEN (from the Foreword) It started as a mission to capture a Somali warlord. It turned into a disastrous urban firefight and death-defying rescue operation that shocked the... more...

  • Borders and Borderlands as Resources in the Horn of Africaby Dereje Feyissa; Markus Virgil Hoehne

    Boydell & Brewer 2010; US$ 70.00

    This book deals with the conduits and opportunities of state borders in the Horn of Africa, and investigates how the people living there exploit state borders through various strategies. Case studies include the Horn and Eastern Africa, and focus particul more...

  • The Colonial Legacy in Somaliaby Paolo Tripodi

    Palgrave Macmillan 1999; US$ 159.00

    The Colonial Legacy in Somalia is an investigation into the relationship between Rome and Mogadishu, from the period of colonial administration to the recent dramatic events of Operation Restore Hope. It defines the first Italian incursions in the Horn of Africa, the history of the expansionist plans of an imperial late comer, such as Italy, and... more...

  • Consider Somalilandby Marleen Renders

    BRILL 2012; US$ 95.00

    Can ?traditional? leaders and institutions help to build more legitimate, accountable and effective governments in polities or ?states? under (re)construction? This book investigates the fascinating case of ?Somaliland?, the 20-year old non-recognized state which emerged from Somalia?s conflict and state collapse. more...

  • Culture and Customs of Somaliaby MOHAMED DIRIYE ABDULLAHI

    ABC-CLIO 2001; US$ 81.00

    Somalia, the Horn of Africa nation, is finally recovering from recent wars and famine. Written by a native Somali, Culture and Customs of Somalia gives students and interested readers an in-depth look at the land and people, past and present. It is the only accessible, comprehensive, and up-to-date general reference on this country. Somalia was once... more...

  • Deadly Watersby Jay Bahadur

    Scribe Publications 2011; US$ 21.99

    For centuries, stories of pirates have captured the imagination of people everywhere. But the recent gangs of daring, ragtag pirates off the coast of Somalia, hijacking huge ships owned by international conglomerates, have brought the scourge of piracy into the modern era. While the world sees nothing but opportunistic bands of local bandits running... more...

  • Deadly Watersby Jay Bahadur

    Profile 2011; US$ 20.78

    This unique narrative-driven exposé takes readers into the heart of Somalia, where the gutsy 25-year-old author has become the ‘go-to' journalist for all major media. Wonderfully evocative, his writing uses unparalleled access to the pirates, government and local residents and will describe what pirates' lives are like, when on and... more...

  • Land ohne Staatby Jutta Bakonyi

    Campus Verlag 2011; US$ 34.77

    Hauptbeschreibung 1991, kurz nach Beginn des bis heute andauernden Krieges, brach in Somalia der Staat vollständig zusammen. Jutta Bakonyi zeigt, wie seitdem die Gesellschaft jenseits zentralstaatlicher Regulierung funktioniert, und welche Macht und Herrschaftsstrukturen sich herausgebildet haben. Die Untersuchung des Handels mit der Droge Khat,... more...

  • Me Against My Brotherby Scott Peterson

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 35.95

    As a foreign correspondent, Scott Peterson witnessed firsthand Somalia's descent into war and its battle against US troops, the spiritual degeneration of Sudan's Holy War, and one of the most horrific events of the last half century: the genocide in Rwanda.  In Me Against My Brother, he brings these events together for the first time to record a collapse... more...

  • Mogadishu!by KENT DELONG; STEVEN TUCKEY

    ABC-CLIO 1994; US$ 84.00

    Every American should read this book in order to gain a clear insight about military combat and war. |From the foreword by Ross Perot ||Recommended for readers who enjoy suspenseful accounts of close combat. |Publishers Weekly ||Most Americans remember...the two troubling televised images... more...