West Africa and the U.S. war on terror / / edited by George Klay Kieh and Kelechi Kalu

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462948803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 0-203-10482-X; 1-136-25121-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Collana: Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy
• Altri autori (Persone): KaluKelechi Amihe; KiehGeorge Klay <1956->
• Disciplina: 363.325/170973
• Soggetti: Terrorism - Africa, West - Prevention; Terrorism - United States - Prevention; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009; Electronic books.; United States Foreign relations Africa, West; Africa, West Foreign relations United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; About the contributors; Preface; PART I Background; 1 Introduction: The travails of the U.S. war on terrorism; 2 Sub-Saharan Africa as another front of the U.S. global war on terror; PART II The U.S.' threat perception; 3 The U.S. war on terrorism and the dynamics of threat perception in West Africa; 4 The crisis in Nigeria's Niger Delta region: The implications for the U.S. war on terror; PART III The U.S.' counter-terrorism policy and strategies; 5 Global terrorism and U.S. counter-terrorism policy in West Africa; 6 The U.S. Trans-Saharan Counterterrorism Partnership: An evaluation7 The Mauritanian military and the U.S. war on terror; 8 Good governance, West African regional security, and the U.S. war on terror; PART IV The consequences of the U.S. war on terrorism for West Africa; 9 The U.S. war on terrorism and civil-military relations in West Africa; PART V The prospects and lessons; 10 The West African stability architecture and the U.S. war on terror: A new vision; 11 West Africa ; and the U.S. war on terrorism: The lessons; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Since the terrorist attacks on the American homeland on September 11, 2001, fighting the menace has become the frontier issue on the U.S.' national security agenda. In the case of the African Continent, the United States has, and continues to accord major attention to the West African sub-region. This book :Evaluates where we can place West Africa within the broader crucible of the U.S. war on terrorismEstablishes the key elements of the U.S.' counter-terrorism policy in West Africa? Examines the U.S. counter-terrorism strategies i

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• Autore: Cook John <d. 1660.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Printed for Giles Calvert, and are to be sold at his shop at the black spread-Eagle neer the west-end of Pauls., [1647]
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• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
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