Foreign Intervention in Africa After the Cold War - Sovereignty, Responsibility, and the War on Terror

Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Schmidt is professor emeritus of history at Loyola University Maryland. Her previous books include Foreign Intervention in Africa: From the Cold War to the War on Terror; Cold War and Decolonization in Guinea, 1946?58; Mobilizing the Masses: Gender, Ethnicity, and Class in the Nationalist Movement in Guinea, 1939?58; Peasants, Traders, and Wives: Shona Women in the History of Zimbabwe, 1870?39; and Decoding Corporate Camouflage: U.S. Business Support for Apartheid. Klappentext Many challenges facing the African continent today are rooted in colonial practices, Cold War alliances, and outsiders¿ attempts to influence its political and economic systems. Interdisciplinary and intended for nonspecialists, this book provides a new framework for thinking about foreign political and military intervention in Africa. Zusammenfassung Many challenges facing the African continent today are rooted in colonial practices, Cold War alliances, and outsiders’ attempts to influence its political and economic systems. Interdisciplinary and intended for nonspecialists, this book provides a new framework for thinking about foreign political and military intervention in Africa.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Schmidt
• Publisher: University of ohio press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.10.2018
• EAN: 9780896803213
• ISBN: 978-0-89680-321-3
• No. of pages: 472
• Series: Ohio Ris Global; Research in International Studies, Global and Comparative Studies; Research in International Studies, Global and Comparative Studies; Ohio Ris Global
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science