From the back cover:
Why have people in Sool region of Somalia become polarized over the question of unity and secession? Why do unionists and secessionists put forward their case with religous-like zeal? these and other relevant questions about new political entities in Somalia continue to nag analists, Somalis and Somali friends alike. In this book the author attempts to look at Puntland-Somaliland impasse over Sool both political and historical perspective. Key to understanding the issues in that part of Somalia are the historical events that proceded state collapse in Somalia, and figuring how Somalis in the ex British Somaliland make sense of the differences and past political events.