Maximilian C. Forte
A comprehensive analysis, this book examines all the justifications and myths about the war on Libya and methodically dismantles them. It delineates the documentary history of events, processes, and decisions that led up to the war while underscoring its resulting consequences. Arguing that NATOâ€™s war is part of a larger process of militarizing U.S. relations with Africaâ€”which sees the development of the Pentagonâ€™s AFRICOM as being in competition with Pan-African initiativeâ€”this account shows that Western relations with a â€œrehabilitatedâ€ Libya were shaky at best, mired in distrust, and exhibiting a preference for regime change.
Cultural,Africa,Northern Africa,Libya,Politics,War
Slouching Towards Sirte: NATO's War on Libya and Africa