US Policy Toward Africa: Eight Decades of Realpolitik

by Herman J. Cohen

Overview

Herman Cohen draws on both the documentary record and his years of on-the-ground experience to provide a uniquely comprehensive survey and interpretation of nearly eight decades of US policy toward Africa. Tracing how this policy has evolved across successive administrations since 1942 (beginning with President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third term in office), Cohen illuminates the debates that have taken place at the highest levels of government; shows how policy toward Africa has been affected over the years by US relations with Europe, the Soviet Union, the Middle East, and most recently China; and points to the increasing reliance of Western economic interests on Africa's natural resources. His deeply informed narrative reveals the roles not only of circumstance and ideology, but also of personalities, in the formulation and implementation of US foreign policy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626378971
Publisher:	Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	12/12/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	501,732
File size:	3 MB