The Dying Sahara: US Imperialism and Terror in Africa, 1st Edition

Washington’s expansion of the War on Terror to the African continent substantiated claims that the U.S. fabricated terrorism in order to justify their military campaign. This book chronicles the effect of this warmongering and the creation of a self-fulfilling prophecy of terror and instability in the Sahara.Beginning in 2004, with what local people called the US ‘invasion’ of the Sahel, the book shows how repressive, authoritarian regimes – cashing in on US terrorism ‘rents’ – provoked Tuareg rebellions in both Niger and Mali, caused a new narco-trafficking branch of Al-Qaeda and created instability in a region the size of western Europe. Exposing the suspected complicity of the World Bank, the tumult caused by US’s new new combatant African command (AFRICOM), and the chilling tactics used to perpetuate the myth that Africa is a hotbed of Islamic terrorism, Jeremy Keenan proves his resolve to ‘defeat the lie’.The Dying Sahara: US Imperialism and Terror in Africa 1st Edition is written by Jeremy Keenan and published by Pluto Press. ISBNs for The Dying Sahara are 9781849648264, 1849648263 and the print ISBNs are 9780745329628, 0745329624. Additional ISBNs include 9780745329611, 9781849648271.