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United States foreign policy toward Africa, incrementalism, crisis, and change, Peter J. Schraeder

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United States foreign policy toward Africa

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Peter J. Schraeder

Cambridge studies in international relations, 31Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

incrementalism, crisis, and change

In this book Peter Schraeder offers the first comprehensive theoretical analysis of US foreign policy toward Africa in the postwar era. He argues that though we often assume that US policymakers 'speak with one voice', Washington's foreign policy is, however, derived from numerous centres of power which each have the ability to pull policy in different directions. The book describes the evolution of policy at three levels: Presidents and their close advisors; the bureaucracies of the executive branch; and Congress and African affairs interest groups. Most importantly, the evidence presented demonstrates that the nature of events in Africa has itself affected the operation of the US policymaking process, and the substance of US policy. Drawing on over 100 interviews, and detailed case studies in Zaire, Ethiopia-Somalia and South Africa, this book provides a unique analysis of the historical evolution of US foreign policy towards Africa from the 1940s to the 1990s.--, Provided by publisher

1. An introduction to US foreign policy toward Africa -- 2. Pattern and process in US foreign policy toward Africa -- 3. US foreign policy toward Zaire -- 4. US foreign policy toward Ethiopia and Somalia -- 5. US foreign policy toward South Africa -- 6. US Africa policies in the post-Cold War era -- Appendix B: Note on interview techniques