Boko Haram: Security Considerations and the Rise of an Insurgency

Boko Haram analyzes the activities and atrocities of Nigeria’s Jihadi terrorist group, Boko Haram, in the context of global religious fundamentalism and extremism. The book traces the early beginnings of the religious sect, the conversion of its leader to radical Islam in 2002, and the group’s campaign of violence beginning in 2009 and continuing to the present.

The group’s attacks against a variety of targets are examined in detail as are their general tactics and strategies. The Nigerian ...