Download or read book The Struggle For Land In Southern Somalia written by Catherine Besteman and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1996-06-20 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did a country whose people shared a common language, religion, and culture fragment so deeply? Most explanations have stressed the divisive effects of personalities, clan affiliations, or Cold War competition, but in this book, the contributors examine issues of land and resources as key ingredients in the politics of modern-day Somalia and in the events that precipitated the civil war.