LEADER 03900oam 2200709I 450 001 9910786719503321 005 20230220191557.0 010 $a0-203-10482-X 010 $a1-136-25121-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203104828 035 $a(CKB)2670000000353057 035 $a(EBL)1181046 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000877271 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12423030 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000877271 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10907144 035 $a(PQKB)11463695 035 $a(OCoLC)841810634 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1181046 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1181046 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10691787 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL485188 035 $a(OCoLC)845254000 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB134837 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000353057 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aWest Africa and the U.S. war on terror /$fedited by George Klay Kieh and Kelechi Kalu 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York, N.Y. :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge Studies in US Foreign Policy 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-85143-4 311 $a0-415-53942-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $a6 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 330 $aSince the terrorist attacks on the American homeland on September 11, 2001, fighting the menace has become the frontier issue on the U.S.' national security agenda. In the case of the African Continent, the United States has, and continues to accord major attention to the West African sub-region. This book :Evaluates where we can place West Africa within the broader crucible of the U.S. war on terrorismEstablishes the key elements of the U.S.' counter-terrorism policy in West Africa? Examines the U.S. counter-terrorism strategies i 410 0$aRoutledge studies in US foreign policy. 517 1 $aWest Africa and the US war on terror 606 $aTerrorism$zAfrica, West$xPrevention 606 $aTerrorism$zUnited States$xPrevention 606 $aWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zAfrica, West 607 $aAfrica, West$xForeign relations$zUnited States 615 0$aTerrorism$xPrevention. 615 0$aTerrorism$xPrevention. 615 0$aWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009. 676 $a363.325/170973 701 $aKalu$b Kelechi Amihe$01494823 701 $aKieh$b George Klay$cJr.,$f1956-$01473887 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786719503321 996 $aWest Africa and the U.S. war on terror$93799971 997 $aUNINA