Limits of Anarchy: Intervention and State Formation in Chad

Bongang, Benn L.; Nolutshungu, Sam C.

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“…3 These countries provided military aid and training to their local patron, Hissène Habré, who later came to rule Chad until 1991. They also turned former Libyan soldiers into prisoners of war (Nolutshungu 1996) and used them to create an army of 'Libyan Contras' (HRW 2016), under the US government's clout and approval. Interestingly, Khalifa Haftarthe current general vying to control Libyabelonged to this group.…”

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The war and the economy: the gradual destruction of Libya

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2020

Review of African Political Economy

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This article questions dominant analyses about Libya’s present ‘war economy’ and ‘statelessness’, which are often deployed to explain the country’s ongoing destruction. By reinterpreting the history of the past as the failure of Libya to implement neoliberal reforms, these accounts trivialise its anti-imperialist history. The article reflects on the role that war and militarism play in the US-led imperialist structure, tracing the gradual unmaking of Libya from the progressive revolutionary era, towards its transformation into a comprador state and an outpost for global class war. In doing so, it moves the focus away from Libya’s ‘war economy’ to examine the war and the economy, linking Libya’s fate to the geo-economic and geopolitical forces at the core of US-led imperialism.

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The war and the economy: the gradual destruction of Libya

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Review of African Political Economy

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Limits of Anarchy: Intervention and State Formation in Chad

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The war and the economy: the gradual destruction of Libya

The war and the economy: the gradual destruction of Libya

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