Title The dark Sahara : America's war on terror in Africa / Jeremy Keenan.

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London ; New York : Pluto Press, 2009.

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Description	1 online resource (xviii, 278 pages) : maps
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	War on Terrorism (2001-2009)
	Terrorism -- Sahara.
	Terrorism.
	Sahara.
	Terrorism -- Sahel.
	Terrorism -- Government policy -- United States.
	Terrorism -- Government policy.
	United States.
	War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
	United States -- Military relations -- Algeria.
	Military relations.
	Algeria.
	Algeria -- Military relations -- United States.
Chronological Term	Geschichte 2003-2009
	2001 - 2009
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Keenan, Jeremy, 1945- Dark Sahara. London ; New York : Pluto Press, 2009 9780745324531 (OCoLC)181142735
ISBN	9781849642828 (electronic book)
	1849642826 (electronic book)
	9780745324524
	0745324525
	9780745324531
	0745324533

Title The dark Sahara : America's war on terror in Africa / Jeremy Keenan.

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