'Is It Global War on Terrorism' or Global War over Terra Africana?

The Ruse Imperial Powers Use to Occupy Africa Militarily for Economic Gains

Nkwazi Nkuzi Mhango

‘Global War on Terrorism’ or Global War over Terra Africana?: How Imperial Powers Seek to Occupy Africa Militarily is a long, onerous academic voyage of the demystification and demythologization of the Global War on Terror former US presidentGeorge W Bush and former UK premier Tony Blairconceived, envisaged and declared for their hidden personal and national interests. It is a hidden and untold story of the other side about the GWOT which is but the GWOTA. Major arguments presented gyrate around the deconstruction; and overhaul of the GWOT so that it can be equally formulated and fought by all nations for the interests of all but not the interests of some as it currently is. Also, the book repudiates the pontification the pontifices maximus of the GWOTA have always made ex nihilo while concealing their drive[s] for perpetually exploiting poor countries.
Terrorism is a world phenomenon everybody must fight provided it is collectively agreed, decided and declared for the collective good and interests of the world but not the interests of a few hegemonic countries that usurped the power of declaring who is a terrorist and who is not. Although terrorism is real, the manner it is fought is a little bit knotty. This tome acts as an eye opener and a wake-up call for Africa to start interrogating and excavating the hidden truths about the GWOT chiefly the way it was enacted, declared, presented and now fought with essentialist and controversialist modus operandi and rationale. Other major questions asked and answered are: Why exporting military and military hardware guised as fighting terrorism without underscoring the terror military incursion will, inter alia, cause to Africa especially? If truly the aim of the GWOT is to wage war on terror, why doesn’t the West want to empower African armies? Why did the US appoint itself to lead the war conceived and declared without meeting the requirements of the just war or international standards? Why hasn’t the world learned from Iraq and Libya whose governments were toppled under the façade of the GWOT? Is it the GWOT or the GWOTA?

Hamilton Books

Pages: 264 • Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜

978-0-7618-6972-6 • Hardback • December 2017 • $99.00 • (£76.00)

978-0-7618-6973-3 • eBook • December 2017 • $94.00 • (£72.00)

Subjects: Political Science / Terrorism, Political Science / International Relations / General, Political Science / Political Ideologies / Radicalism, Political Science / World / African

'Is It Global War on Terrorism' or Global War over Terra Africana?

The Ruse Imperial Powers Use to Occupy Africa Militarily for Economic Gains

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‘Global War on Terrorism’ or Global War over Terra Africana?: How Imperial Powers Seek to Occupy Africa Militarily is a long, onerous academic voyage of the demystification and demythologization of the Global War on Terror former US presidentGeorge W Bush and former UK premier Tony Blairconceived, envisaged and declared for their hidden personal and national interests. It is a hidden and untold story of the other side about the GWOT which is but the GWOTA. Major arguments presented gyrate around the deconstruction; and overhaul of the GWOT so that it can be equally formulated and fought by all nations for the interests of all but not the interests of some as it currently is. Also, the book repudiates the pontification the pontifices maximus of the GWOTA have always made ex nihilo while concealing their drive[s] for perpetually exploiting poor countries.
Terrorism is a world phenomenon everybody must fight provided it is collectively agreed, decided and declared for the collective good and interests of the world but not the interests of a few hegemonic countries that usurped the power of declaring who is a terrorist and who is not. Although terrorism is real, the manner it is fought is a little bit knotty. This tome acts as an eye opener and a wake-up call for Africa to start interrogating and excavating the hidden truths about the GWOT chiefly the way it was enacted, declared, presented and now fought with essentialist and controversialist modus operandi and rationale. Other major questions asked and answered are: Why exporting military and military hardware guised as fighting terrorism without underscoring the terror military incursion will, inter alia, cause to Africa especially? If truly the aim of the GWOT is to wage war on terror, why doesn’t the West want to empower African armies? Why did the US appoint itself to lead the war conceived and declared without meeting the requirements of the just war or international standards? Why hasn’t the world learned from Iraq and Libya whose governments were toppled under the façade of the GWOT? Is it the GWOT or the GWOTA?

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Hamilton Books

Pages: 264 • Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜

978-0-7618-6972-6 • Hardback • December 2017 • $99.00 • (£76.00)

978-0-7618-6973-3 • eBook • December 2017 • $94.00 • (£72.00)

Subjects: Political Science / Terrorism, Political Science / International Relations / General, Political Science / Political Ideologies / Radicalism, Political Science / World / African

Author

Mhango is author of Saa ya Ukombozi, Nyuma ya Pazia, Souls on Sale, Born with Voice, Africa Reunite or Perish, Psalm of the Oppressed, Africa’s Best and Worst Presidents: How Imperialism Maintained Venal Regimes in Africa, and Perpetual Search; and member of Writers’ Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (WANL) St. John’s, NL, Canada and is an alumnus of Universities of Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania) Winnipeg and Manitoba (Canada).

Table of Contents

About the Author
Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Chapter One
Introduction
Declaration of the Global War on Terror and Its Ramifications to the World
Terrorism is Real However Complex and Controversial It Is
Chapter Two
Is it the GWOT or the GWOTA?
Chapter Three
Terrorism, the Concept sans Definition
The Dawn of Terrorism in the World
Chapter Four
Causes of Terrorism
Chapter Five
Types of Terrorists
Terrorist Groups
Vigilantism
State Terrorism
Guerrilla Movements
Chapter Six
Genesis of Terrorism in Africa
Chapter Seven
Is There Security or Insecurity Global War on Terror Guarantees?
Chapter Eight
Is it the GWOT or Ruse to Military Occupation?
Chapter Nine
Call it Gimmicks for Western Occupying Troops (GWOT II)?
Chapter Ten
Terrorist Attacks on East Africa
Some Terrorist Groups Operating in Africa
Al Shabaab
Lord Resistance Army (LRA) or Lord Resistance Movement (RLM)
Boko Haram
Chapter Eleven
Kenya’s Counterterrorism Response (Case Study)
When Global War on Terror Revolves Around Us Vs Them
GWOT as Tool for More Divisions
Identity crisis as an impetus for terrorism
The Role of Media as Weapons
Chapter Twelve
Africa’s Viable Ways of Fighting Terrorism
The Role of Education
Mandatory Cultural Education
Required Economic Strategies
Required Political Strategies
Chapter Thirteen
The Roles of Islamic Clerics and Scholars
Chapter Fourteen
Conclusion
References