Liberia and the United States during the Cold War Limits of Reciprocity [Hardcover]

At once a diplomatic history and case study of African foreign policy and presidential leadership, this book illustrates how development and security assistance were used by the US as antidotes against communism in the Cold War and how Liberia was able occasionally to profit from the arrangement.Introduction Background to the Relationship Tubman and the United States, 1944-1971 Tolbert and the United States, 1971-1980 Doe and the United States, 1980-1990 Conclusions Bibliography Index

Dunn combines the tools of a dispassionate social scientist with the detailed knowledge of an insider to produce a remarkably even-handed and insightful study. - John Yoder, Professor of Political Science, Whitworth University

An excellent job at enlightening the world about the Tolbert administration, based on concrete research and personal experience. - Wilton G.S. Sankawulo (1937-2009)

Until the 1960s, most studies of the Liberian condition tended to be a paean or perdition. Latter studies portrayed Liberia as typical of the black man s incapacity for self government without identifying a saving grace. Analyses of Liberian situation changed with Liebenow s The Evolution and Privilege. Clower et al s Growth without Development enhanced the respectability of Liberianist scholarship when they established authoritatively why high economic growth originating in enclaves failed to develop Liberia during the preceding decades. Growth was due to merchant, not industrial capital and enlarged not only gross domestic product but sustained divisiveness and undermined prospects toward a national identity and national cohesion. Dunn s Liberia and the United States during the Cold War is extensively documented, well written and contains proposals toward removing Liberia s overwhelming governance deficits. It is an epochal book. - Dr. Bryan Tarr, formerly member of the cabinet in three Liberian administrations, economic and political governance consl(