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

• Autore: Ohaegbulam Festus Ugboaja
• Pubblicazione: New York, : P. Lang, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 280 p. ) : maps
• Disciplina: 327.7306/09/045
• Soggetto topico: Conflict management - Africa; History & Archaeology; Regions & Countries - Africa
• Soggetto geografico: Africa Politics and government 1960- Case studies; United States Foreign relations Africa Case studies; Africa Foreign relations United States Case studies
• Soggetto genere / forma: Case studies.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: U.S. policy in postcolonial Africa
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910345134603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II