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NATO's failure in Libya : lessons for Africa

Title
NATO's failure in Libya : lessons for Africa / Horace Campbell.
Author
Campbell, Horace
Publication
Pretoria, South Africa : Africa Institute of South Africa, 2012.

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Description
vi, 177 pages; 20 cm
Subject
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization > Armed Forces > Libya
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization > Armed Forces > Libya
  • 1969-2011
  • Regime change > Libya
  • Intervention (International law)
  • Armed Forces
  • Politics and government
  • Regime change
  • Regime change > Libya
  • Revolutions > Libya
  • Neoliberalism > Libya
  • Libya > History > Civil War, 2011-
  • Libya > Politics and government > 1969-2011
  • Libya
  • Libya > Politics and government > 21st century
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-158).
Contents
Preface -- Introduction -- The independence of Libya and the birth of NATO -- Collapse of the Soviet Union and emergence of NATO -- Muammar Gaddafi and the Elusive Revolution -- The Neo-liberal assault on Libya : London School of Economics and Harvard professors -- UN Security Council Resolution 1973 and the responsibility to protect -- Libya and the Gulf Cooperation Council -- Libyan resources -- France and Libya and the financialisation of energy markets -- The NATO Campaign -- The African Union and Libya -- NATO in Libya as a Military Information Operation -- Who took Tripoli? -- Tawergha and the myth of African mercenaries -- The execution of Gaddafi -- NATO's Libyan mission: a catastrophic failure -- European isolation in Africa -- Conclusion: NATO and the recursive processes of failure and destruction in Libya -- Appendix 1. Libya, Africa and the new world order: An open letter to the Peoples of Africa and the World from Concerned Africans -- Appendix 2. African Union Peace and Security Council Road Map on Libya, March 10, 2011 -- Appendix 3. UN Security Council Resolution 1973, March 17, 2011 -- Appendix 4. Chinese business in Libya -- Appendix 5. ''This is my will'' -- Muammar Gaddafi.
ISBN
  • 9780798303439
  • 0798303433
OCLC
  • ocn852840431
  • 852840431
  • SCSB-1689337
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library