United States Foreign Policy toward Africa Incrementalism, Crisis and Change [Paperback]

The first comprehensive theoretical analysis of US foreign policy toward Africa in the postwar era.Drawing on over 100 interviews, and detailed case studies in Zaire, Ethiopia-Somalia, and South Africa, this survey provides a unique analysis of the postwar evolution of the US's African foreign policy, currently derived from numerous centers of power with the ability to pull policy in different directions.Drawing on over 100 interviews, and detailed case studies in Zaire, Ethiopia-Somalia, and South Africa, this survey provides a unique analysis of the postwar evolution of the US's African foreign policy, currently derived from numerous centers of power with the ability to pull policy in different directions.This book offers the first comprehensive theoretical analysis of US foreign policy toward Africa in the postwar era. Peter Schraeder argues that though we often assume that US policymakers speak with one voice, Washington's foreign policy is derived from numerous centers of power, each of which has the ability to pull policy in different directions. 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 in the region.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. The audience for whom the book was written...should find the volume generally useful. Each group will find its extensive sources very helpful...and practitioners in the foreign policy field should find important clarifications and insights from the described role of the national bureaucracies. ... The book is well written and is accessible to bright undergraduate students. Winston E. Langley, University of Massachusetts, Boston (ló*