The suicidal state in Somalia : the rise and fall of the Siad Barre Regime 1969-1991 / Mohamed Haji Ingiriis.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Note on Somali Orthography and Transliteration; Introduction; I: The Colonial State and Schooling: Tribulation; 1 The Genealogies of African Dictatorship(s); 2 A Critical Appraisal; II: The Capture of the State: Totalitarianism; 3 Siad Barre and the Somali State; 4 The Dialectics of Dictatorship and Domination; III: From Clanised to Criminalised State: Tyranny; 5 Plunder, Predatory Power and Political Economy; 6 The Politics of the 1977 War and Its Ramifications; IV: The Calamity of the State: The Terror

7 The Exploitation of Clan as Political Resource8 The Family Affair and the Absence of Escape; 9 The Turning Points and the Ending Point; V: The Cacophony of Control: The Torment; 10 The Outbreak of the Uprising; 11 The Reality and Realignment of 1991; Conclusion; Notes; Subject Index; Name Index

This book documents and delves into the reign and rule of the Siad Barre regime that ruled Somalia from 1969 up to 1991. It traces what went wrong with the post-colonial Somali State once colonial rule passed to the Somali hands.

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