03839oam 2200697I 450 991046294880332120200520144314.00-203-10482-X1-136-25121-910.4324/9780203104828 (CKB)2670000000353057(EBL)1181046(SSID)ssj0000877271(PQKBManifestationID)12423030(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000877271(PQKBWorkID)10907144(PQKB)11463695(OCoLC)841810634(MiAaPQ)EBC1181046(Au-PeEL)EBL1181046(CaPaEBR)ebr10691787(CaONFJC)MIL485188(OCoLC)845254000(EXLCZ)99267000000035305720180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWest Africa and the U.S. war on terror /edited by George Klay Kieh and Kelechi KaluAbingdon, Oxon ;New York, N.Y. :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (225 p.)Routledge Studies in US Foreign PolicyDescription based upon print version of record.1-138-85143-4 0-415-53942-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Africa6 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; IndexSince 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 iRoutledge studies in US foreign policy.TerrorismAfrica, WestPreventionTerrorismUnited StatesPreventionWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009United StatesForeign relationsAfrica, WestAfrica, WestForeign relationsUnited StatesElectronic books.TerrorismPrevention.TerrorismPrevention.War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.363.325/170973Kalu Kelechi Amihe856155Kieh George Klay1956-856156MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462948803321West Africa and the U.S. war on terror1911565UNINA