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Author Keenan, Jeremy, 1945-

Title The dark Sahara : America's war on terror in Africa / Jeremy Keenan.

Imprint London ; New York : Pluto Press, 2009.

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 Axe Kansas Collection Harmon  964 K25d 2009    ---  Lib Use Only
Description xviii, 278 pages : maps ; 22 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The Sahara's Bermuda Triangle -- Reconstructing Tora Bora -- 'Whodunit' -- Grounds for suspicion in the Algerian Sahara -- Grounds for suspicion in the Sahel -- Who was El Para? -- Oil and empire -- Algeria's 'black decade' -- Islamists and eradicators: Algeria's 'dirty war' -- The 'banana theory' of terrorism -- Preparing the disinformation -- The nature of US intelligence -- 'Blowback' and resistance.
Summary The US is keen to build a substantial military presence in Africa, citing the need to combat the growth of Al-Qaeda in Somalia, Algeria & other countries. This book reveals the secret US agenda behind the 'war on terror' in Africa & the shocking methods used to perpetuate the myth that the region is a hot-bed of Islamic terrorism.
Subject Terrorism -- Sahara.
Terrorism -- Sahel.
Terrorism -- Government policy -- United States.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
United States -- Military relations -- Algeria.
Algeria -- Military relations -- United States.
Military relations. (OCoLC)fst01353799
Terrorism. (OCoLC)fst01148101
Terrorism -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst01148109
Africa -- Sahel. (OCoLC)fst01242089
Algeria. (OCoLC)fst01205459
Sahara. (OCoLC)fst01242088
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
War on Terrorism (2001-2009) (OCoLC)fst01754980
Chronological Term 2001-2009
ISBN 9780745324531 (hbk.)
0745324533 (hbk.)
9780745324524 (pbk.)
0745324525 (pbk.)

 
    
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