The dark Sahara : America's war on terror in Africa / Jeremy Keenan.
By: Keenan, Jeremy.
Material type: TextPublisher: London ; New York : Pluto Press, 2009Description: xviii, 278 p. : maps ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780745324531 (hbk.); 0745324533 (hbk.); 9780745324524 (pbk.); 0745324525 (pbk.).Subject(s): Terrorism -- Sahara | Terrorism -- Sahel | Terrorism -- Government policy -- United States | War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 | United States -- Military relations -- Algeria | Algeria -- Military relations -- United StatesDDC classification: 964Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Prof. G. K. Chadha Library
South Asian University |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.