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03717aam a2200577 i 4500 001 08D2C08EECCF11E5A64DF5B3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160318010059 008 150608s2015 nyuabc b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2015022565 020 $a 1107546788 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 9781107546783 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 1107121035 (hardback : alk. paper) 020 $a 9781107121034 (hardback : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)910993829 040 $a IEN/DLC $b eng $e rda $c INU $d DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d OCLCF $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-fr--- $a f------ $a e-fr--- 050 00 $a DC59.8.M42 $b C47 2015 082 04 $a 327.4406623 $2 23 100 1 $a Chivvis, Christopher S., $e author. 245 14 $a The French war on Al Qa'ida in Africa / $c Christopher S. Chivvis, Rand Corporation. 263 $a 1508 264 1 $a New York : $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2015. 300 $a xix, 227 pages : $b illustrations, maps, portrait ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-218) and index. 505 00 $a France, Mali, and African jihad. Panetta gets a phone call -- Al Qa'ida's African ambition -- The most interventionist country in the world? -- French counter-insurgency strategy in Mali -- Al Qa'ida's North African franchise. Al Qa'ida's allure -- Smuggling and leadership feuds -- Kidnapping as terrorism -- Hostages, ransoms, and French security policy. The Iraq war and French views on military intervention -- "Un parfum d'Indochine" -- 505 80 $a A growing French responsibility -- A complicated relationship with Africa -- U.S. and French policy in the Sahel, 2008-2012 -- Merah and Malistan. Mohammed Merah -- Mali's collapse -- Taureg separatism -- "Malistan" -- The Aguelhok massacre and Sanogo coup -- Al Qa'ida spreads across the "Azawad" -- 505 80 $a Leading Africa from behind. Hollande's crisis -- Leading Africa from behind -- Clash at the United Nations -- Views of the French military -- Crisis and opportunity. The jihadist advance on Bamako -- Jean-Yves le Drian -- Hollande takes the plunge -- Commando operations in SevareÌ -- What to do next? -- 505 80 $a Serval. Operations -- In search of allies -- Operation Oryx : taking Timbuktu and Gao -- Battle in the Ifoghas -- Problems in Gao -- Bringing the African forces in -- "Absolutely excellent" -- The elusive "political" dimension. Rebuilding the Malian army -- The Ouagadougou interim accords -- 505 80 $a IBK's election -- Reconciliation stalls -- Jihadist violence continues -- From Serval to Barkhane -- Mali's shaky prospects -- The road ahead. Did the French model succeed? -- Replicating the French model -- The impact on French security policy -- Cooperating with the French -- 505 80 $a The road ahead. 610 20 $a Qaida (Organization) 650 0 $a National security $z Mali. 650 0 $a Jihad. 650 0 $a Islamic fundamentalism $z Africa. 651 0 $a France $x Military policy. 651 0 $a France $x Military relations $z Mali. 651 0 $a Mali $x Military relations $z France. 610 27 $a Qaida (Organization) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00763708 650 7 $a Islamic fundamentalism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00979941 650 7 $a Jihad. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00983599 650 7 $a Military policy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01021386 650 7 $a Military relations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01353799 650 7 $a National security. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01033711 651 7 $a Africa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01239509 651 7 $a France. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204289 651 7 $a Mali. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204327 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213020707.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=08D2C08EECCF11E5A64DF5B3DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search