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The United States And The Horn Of Africa An Analytical Study Of Pattern And Process
By Okbazghi Yohannes
Copyright 1997
368 Pages
by
Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
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The recent collapse of the bipolar world order has been accompanied by momentous changes, dynamically setting the international system in motion toward an uncertain future. Such a profound transformation of the international system mandates an evaluation of American foreign policy and the role of the United States in this radically changed world order. In this insightful new book, Okbazghi... Read more
Introduction -- The United States and Ethiopia -- The Quest for a New Paradigm of Diplomacy -- The Uneasy Alliance: 1953–1976 -- The Struggle to Win Each Other Back: 1977–1996 -- The United States and Eritrea -- At Odds with Self-Determination -- The American Quandary over Eritrea: 1952–1976 -- The Twin Strategies—Containment and Pro-Insurgency: 1977–1996 -- The United States and Somalia -- Domesticating Somalia -- Somalia Goes East: 1960–1976 -- The Somali Paradox—From Strategic Asset to Humanitarian Liability: 1977–1996 -- The United States and the Sudan -- Laying the Foundations -- The American Struggle over the “Bridge”: 1956–1976 -- From Strategic Partnership to Open Confrontation: 1977–1996 -- Epilogue
Biography
Okbazghi Yohannes is associate professor of political science and international studies at the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. He has written numerous articles in his field and is the author of Eritrea: A Pawn in World Politics. Currently, he is working on another book examining the political economy of Islamic radicalism in Egypt and Turkey.
