West Africa and the U.S. War on Terror

<p>Since the terrorist attacks on the American homeland on September 11 2001 fighting the menace has become the frontier issue on the U.S.' national security agenda. In the case of the African Continent the United States has and continues to accord major attention to the West African sub-region. </p> <p>The book examines the crises of underdevelopment-cultural economic environmental political security and social-in the sub-region especially their impact on shaping the conditions that provide the taproots of terrorism. Clearly addressing these multidimensional crises of underdevelopment is pivotal to the success of the U.S. war on terrorism in the sub-region.</p>