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Autore |
Ohaegbulam Festus Ugboaja |
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Titolo |
U.S. policy in postcolonial Africa : four case studies in conflict resolution / / F. Ugboaja Ohaegbulam [[electronic resource]] |
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New York, : P. Lang, c2004 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvi, 280 p. ) : maps ; |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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). |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"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. |
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