US Policy Toward Africa: Eight Decades of Realpolitik

Cover
Series page
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
Preface
Ch1- The United States and Africa: A Historical Perspective
Ch2- Franklin D. Roosevelt: 1941–1945
	The French Colonies in Africa: Divided Loyalties
	Reconnecting the United States with Two Old African Friends: Ethiopia and Liberia
	Africa and Wartime Logistics
	Belgian Congo Uranium and Development of the Manhattan Project
	The Yalta Conference: Roosevelt’s Last Act of International Diplomacy
Ch3- Harry S. Truman: 1945–1953
	The San Francisco Conference
	Organizing the UN Trusteeship Council
	UN Debate on the Colonial System
	Exceptions to the Colonialist Self-Determination Commitments
	The Soviet Threat Changes the Truman Administration’s View of Colonial Africa
	First Gesture of Support to Self-Government in Sub-Saharan Africa
	Truman’s Legacy on Africa
Ch4- Dwight D. Eisenhower: 1953–1961
	The Eisenhower Team Develops Options for US Africa Policy
	Eisenhower’s First Challenge in Africa: Collapse of the Belgian Congo
	Eisenhower’s Farewell Address to the UN: Much About Africa
Ch5- John F. Kennedy: 1961–1963
	Quickly Making US Policy Toward the Congo Crisis
	New Policy Toward Other Newly Independent African Countries
	Kennedy’s Ideas About Development Aid
	The Persistence of White Minority Rule
	Arrival on the Diplomatic Scene of the Organization of African Unity
	Africa and the Cuban Missile Crisis
Ch6- Lyndon B. Johnson: 1963–1969
	Normal Africa Policy Review
	Independent Africa’s Highest Priority: Liberate Southern Africa
	The US Policy Dilemma: Protect US Interests or Support African Liberation
	The Southern Rhodesia Crisis of November 1965
	The Congo Crisis Redux
	The Biafra Crisis in Nigeria: Part One
	Is the United States Condemned to “Take Charge” in Africa?
Ch7- Richard M. Nixon: 1969–1974
	The Biafra Crisis in Nigeria: Part Two
	Unfinished Business in Southern Africa
	A Tragic Genocide in the Republic of Burundi Happens Virtually Unnoticed
Ch8- Gerald Ford: 1974–1977
	The Portuguese Revolution and the Rapid Independence of Portugal’s African Colonies
	Kissinger’s Response to the Cuban-Soviet Military Initiative in Angola
	Will Southern Rhodesia Become the Next Domino?
	In East Africa, US Interests Are Placed in Jeopardy
Ch9- Jimmy Carter: 1977–1981
	The Horn of Africa Crisis Boils Over
	Rescuing Zaire’s President Mobutu from His Own Rebels
	Tackling the Problem of White Minority Rulein Southern Africa
	Ending South African Control over Southwest Africa
	The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistanand Its Impact on Africa
Ch10- Ronald Reagan: 1981–1989
	Crocker’s Policy of “Linkage”
	Vestiges of the Cold War
	The Rise of US Domestic Political Opinion on South Africa
	The Namibian Negotiations: To Be or Not to Be?
	President Reagan Takes an Interest in Mozambique
	The United States as a Conflict Mediator in Africa
	“Tell Me How to Hurt Libya”
	Revolutionary Change in Liberia
	Secretary Shultz’s Visit to Liberia
Ch11- George H. W. Bush: 1989–1993
	And Now to Angola
	The Portuguese Also Needed Help in Africa
	Liberia Descends into Tragedy
	Somalia Becomes a Humanitarian Tragedy
	The South African Bombshell: “We Are Ending Apartheid Voluntarily”
	Undoing the Sanctions Regime and Assisting the Negotiations
	Africa Also Played an Important Rolein Bush’s Middle East Policy
Ch12- William J. Clinton: 1993–2001
	Somalia: The Failed State That Resists Repair
	Hutus Murdering Tutsis in Rwanda
	Fallout from the Rwandan Genocide Destabilizes Zaire
	The Islamic Government of Sudan Introduces Terrorism to Africa
	Clinton’s Africa Policy Ends on a High Note:Free Trade
Ch13- George W. Bush: 2001–2009
	Fighting the HIV/AIDS Pandemic and Malaria in Africa
	The Millennium Challenge Corporation
	Debt Relief
	Saving the Forests of the Congo Basin
	Three Lingering, Devastating Conflicts
	Islamist Extremism Takes Root in Somalia
	Creation of the Africa Command
Ch14- Barack H. Obama: 2009–2017
	Obama’s Realism Tempers Africa’s Euphoria
	Trade and Investment: The Way to Go for Africa
	The United States–Africa Leaders’ Summit
	Dealing with Terrorism, Wars, and State Disintegration
	Arab Spring Fallout in Northern and Sub-Saharan Africa
	The Great Tragedy of South Sudan (Continued)
Ch15- Donald J. Trump: 2017–2019
	The Administration’s Initial Concentration on Crisis Management
	A Trump Policy Toward Africa Begins to Emerge in December 2018
	Tibor Nagy Takes Office as US Assistant Secretary of State for Africa
	The Trump Administration’s Foreign Assistance Budget-Cutting Attempts
	Terrorist Expansion in Africa
	Bipartisan Support for Overall US-African Relations
Ch16- Reflections on Successes and Failures
	“Foreign Aid” to Emerging Africa
	The Nixon Administration’s Concentration on Basic Human Needs
	George H. W. Bush and Beyond
	The Peace Corps
	Foreign Aid Includes Military Support
	The United States and Conflict Resolution in Africa
	Disappointing Results
	China’s Massive Presence in Africa: Good or Bad for the United States?
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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