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Record Nr.

UNINA9910345134603321

Autore

Ohaegbulam Festus Ugboaja

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : P. Lang, c2004

Descrizione fisica

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

Disciplina

327.7306/09/045

Soggetti

Conflict management - Africa

History & Archaeology

Regions & Countries - Africa

Case studies.

Africa Politics and government 1960- Case studies

United States Foreign relations Africa Case studies

Africa Foreign relations United States Case studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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).

Sommario/riassunto

"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.