U.S. counterterrorism in Sub-Saharan Africa : understanding costs, cultures, and conflicts / Donovan C. Chau.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Chau, Donovan C.

Contributor:

Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute

Series:

Letort papers

The Letort papers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Terrorism.

Political stability--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Political stability.

Sub-Saharan Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 73 pages)

Other Title:

Understanding costs, cultures, and conflicts

Place of Publication:

[Carlisle, PA] : [Strategic Studies Institute], [2008]

Summary:

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has never been the centerpiece of U.S. foreign and defense policy. Yet the current struggle between the United States and its allies against terrorist groups and individuals motivated by Islamic extremism thrusts SSA forward as a front in the global conflict. The author asks, centrally, what is the most effective long-term approach to U.S. counterterrorism in SSA. By comparing views in Washington, DC, with perspectives from SSA, he assesses that a fundamental and dangerous misunderstanding of SSA may be leading U.S. policy astray. Recommending a new grand strategic approach to U.S. counterterrorism policy, he suggests urgently educating a future generation of analysts, officers, and policymakers on SSA -- whose interest must match their knowledge and understanding.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed September 8, 2008).

"September 2008."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 57-73).

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.

Other Format:

Print version: Chau, Donovan C. U.S. counterterrorism in Sub-Saharan Africa.

OCLC:

246727347

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