Slouching towards Sirte [[electronic resource] ] : NATO's war on Libya and Africa / / Maximilian Forte

• Autore: Forte Maximilian C. <1967->
• Pubblicazione: Montreal, : Baraka Books, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (344 p.)
• Disciplina: 300; 961.2042
• Soggetto topico: Imperialism
• Soggetto geografico: Libya History Civil War, 2011-; Libya History Civil War, 2011- Causes
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover ; Copyright ; Contents ; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION: Liberal Imperialism and the New Scramble for Africa ; CHAPTER ONE: Sirte: Keystone of Independence ; Welcome to Sirte Today; From a Tent outside Sirte: Defining a New Libya; Sirte: An African Dream Turned into a Nightmare; Sirte, the New Pan-Africanism, and U.S. Scrutiny; Sirte's Place in the Development of Libya; Sirte: Reforms, Divisions, and Raised Expectations; CHAPTER TWO: Sirte: Touchstone of Imperialism ; Sirte: Reagan, Regime Change, Rapprochement(?) ; Sirte: MI6 and Early Islamist Attacks against GaddafiBarack Obama and How Empire Revisited Sirte; Sirte: Toxic to Empire; Sirte: Fantasy Land of the Insurgents; Who Voted With Their Feet?; War Crimes: Civilians Targeted in NATO Attacks; Liberal Intervention and the Myth of "Protecting Civilians"; Liberating Sirte: Massacres, Looting, Torture, Racism; Save Benghazi, Slay Sirte: Under Cover of Humanitarian Intervention; Goal No. 1: Regime Change; Hunting for Gaddafi in Sirte; Celebration at the Safari Club; CHAPTER THREE: Libyan Pan-Africanism and Its Discontents ; Africa and the Green Book: Getting Past EurocentrismMandela and Gaddafi: Moral Pan-Africanism; Libya, Gaddafi, and Pan-Africanism:Anti-imperialism after Pan-Arabism; Libyan Aid and Investment in Africa; The Security Dimension of Libyan Pan-Africanism; CEN-SAD: A Victory for Libya; Against Africans: Roots of Racist Revolt within Libya; Post-Gaddafi: Closing Libya's Door on Africa; CHAPTER FOUR: A War against Africa: AFRICOM, NATO, and Racism ; AFRICOM: Militarizing U.S. Relations with Africa, and Gaddafi's Defiance; Libyan Defiance ; AFRICOM Overthrows an Opponent, Creating Opportunity for the U.S.The Racist War: Racist Rebels and Racist Humanitarians; Airports and African Mercenaries: Origin of the No-Fly Zone; Social Media: Racial Hysteria Supporting Foreign Intervention; Mainstream Media: Disseminating and Inciting Racial Fear; Early Reports of Atrocities: Filed and Ignored; Rebel Bravado: Admissions of Mass Lynching; After the Fall of Tripoli: Ethnic Cleansing by the Insurgents; Who Cares About African Migrants or Black Libyans?; CHAPTER FIVE: Humanitarianism and the Invention of Emergency ; "Genocide Prevention" ; "Gaddafi is Bombing His Own People""Save Benghazi"; The UN and the Right to Speak for Libya; Amnesty International versus Libya; "Viagra-fueled Mass Rape"; "Protecting Civilians"; CONCLUSION: The Aftermath: A New War on Africa ; African Reactions to Regime Change; Gaddafi is Gone. Oh no!; The African Union: Denouncing an Unnecessary and Provocative War; South Africa: The ANC against Regime Change, Recolonization; Uganda: The Rebels Condemn Themselves; Zimbabwe: NATO Liars and Brutal Aggressors; Regional Destabilization in the Aftermath of NATO; Empire or Dignity; References; Index ; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: <P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"" class=MsoNormal>A comprehensive analysis, this book examines all the justifications and myths about the war on Libya and methodically dismantles them. It delineates the documentary history of events, processes, and decisions that led up to the war while underscoring its resulting consequences. Arguing that NATO's war is part of a larger process of militarizing U.S. relations with Africa-which sees the development of the Pentagon's AFRICOM as being in competition with Pan-African initiative-this account shows that Western relations with a "rehabilitated" Libya w
• Titolo autorizzato: Slouching towards Sirte
• ISBN: 1-926824-75-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453208703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II