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Author Keenan, Jeremy, 1945-

Title The dark Sahara : America's war on terror in Africa / Jeremy Keenan
Published London ; New York : Pluto Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 278 pages) : maps
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 and other countries on the continent. This book reveals the secret US agenda behind the war on terror
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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In Academic Library
Subject Terrorism -- Sahara
Terrorism -- Sahel
Terrorism -- Government policy -- United States
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
HISTORY -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Terrorism.
HISTORY -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Terrorism.
Military relations
Terrorism
Terrorism -- Government policy
Terrorismus
Bekämpfung
Terrorismus
Bekämpfung
SUBJECT United States -- Military relations -- Algeria
Algeria -- Military relations -- United States
Subject Africa -- Sahel
Algeria
Sahara
United States
Afrika
USA
Afrika
USA.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781849642828
1849642826