U.S. policy in postcolonial Africa : four case studies in conflict resolution / F. Ugboaja Ohaegbulam. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ohaegbulam, Festus Ugboaja.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa--Politics and government--1960---Case studies.

Africa.

United States--Foreign relations--Africa--Case studies.

United States.

Africa--Foreign relations--United States--Case studies.

Conflict management--Africa--Case studies.

Conflict management.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 280 p. ) maps ;

Place of Publication:

New York : P. Lang, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This book, a concise examination of U.S. policy in contemporary Africa, delineates various aspects of the role that the U.S. played in exacerbating and/or resolving violent conflicts in postcolonial Africa and provides a succinct historical overview of these armed conflicts. Libraries, advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and professors of African studies, as well as the general reader, will find this book useful."--Jacket.

Contents:

U.S. role in world affairs

Armed conflicts in postcolonial Africa

Origins of the U.S. role in African conflicts

U.S. intervention in postcolonial Africa

U.S. role in conflicts in the Horn of Africa

U.S. role in the western Sahara conflict, 1975-2003

U.S. role in the Angola conflict, 1975-2002

The United States and the genocide in Rwanda, 1994

The African crisis response initiative (ACRI).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph