Global NATO and the catastrophic failure in Libya : lessons for Africa in the forging of African unity /

In this incisive account, scholar Horace Campbell investigates the political and economic crises of the early twenty-first century through the prism of NATO's intervention in Libya. He traces the origins of the conflict, situates it in the broader context of the Arab Spring uprisings, and expla...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Campbell, Horace (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Monthly Review Press, 2013.
Temas:
North Atlantic Treaty Organization > Armed Forces > Libya.
Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique Nord > Forces armées > Libye.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
2000-2099
Regime change > Libya.
Revolutions > Libya.
Intervention (International law)
Neoliberalism > Libya.
Changement de régime politique > Libye.
Révolutions > Libye.
Intervention (Droit international)
Néo-libéralisme > Libye.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Armed Forces
Neoliberalism
Politics and government
Regime change
Revolutions
Libya > History > Civil War, 2011-
Libya > Politics and government > 21st century.
Libye > Histoire > 2011 (Guerre civile)
Libye > Politique et gouvernement > 21e siècle.
Libya
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. The NATO intervention in Libya: a lesson of colossal failure
  • The independence of Libya and the birth of NATO
  • Collapse of the Soviet Union and the emergence of global NATO
  • Muammar Gaddafi and the elusive revolution
  • The neoliberal assault on Libya: London School of Economics and Harvard professors
  • UN Security Council Resolution 1973 and the responsibility to protect
  • Libya and Gulf Cooperation Council
  • Libyan resources
  • France and Libya
  • Libya and the financialization of energy markets
  • The NATO campaign
  • The African Union and Libya
  • NATO in Libya as a military information operation
  • Who took Tripoli?
  • Tawerga and the myth of "African mercenaries"
  • The execution of Gaddafi
  • NATO's Libyan mission: a catastrophic failure
  • European isolation in Africa
  • Failure begets failure: the NATO quagmire in Libya consumes the U.S. ambassador to Libya
  • "Libya all in": a culture of dysfunctionality in the U.S. military and its explosion in the U.S. political system
  • Conclusion: NATO and the processes of failure and destruction in Libya
  • Afterword by Ali A. Mazrui: from the Lockerbie air crash to the Libyan revolution.

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