Global NATO and the Catastrophic Failure in Libya : Lessons for Africa in the Forging of African Unity

Campbell, Horace; Mazrui, Ali A. (AFT)

ISBN 10: 1583674128 / ISBN 13: 9781583674123

Published by Monthly Review Press, 2013

About this Item

Unread book in perfect condition.

Seller Inventory # 19361652

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Global NATO and the Catastrophic Failure in Libya : Lessons for Africa in the Forging of African Unity
• Publisher: Monthly Review Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1583674128
• ISBN 13: 9781583674123
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: As New

About this title

Synopsis

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 explains the expanded role of a post-Cold War NATO. This military organization, he argues, is the instrument through which the capitalist class of North America and Europe seeks to impose its political will on the rest of the world, however warped by the increasingly outmoded neoliberal form of capitalism. The intervention in Libya—characterized by bombing campaigns, military information operations, third party countries, and private contractors—exemplifies this new model.
Campbell points out that while political elites in the West were quick to celebrate the intervention in Libya as a success, the NATO campaign caused many civilian deaths and destroyed the nation’s infrastructure. Furthermore, the instability it unleashed in the forms of militias and terrorist groups have only begun to be reckoned with, as the United States learned when its embassy was attacked and personnel, including the ambassador, were killed. Campbell’s lucid study is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand this complex and weighty course of events.

About the Author

Born in Kenya, A. A. Mazrui is Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities and Director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies at the State University of New York, Binghamton. He is the author of over 20 books including "The Africans: A Triple Heritage, " which was a PBS series.