US Foreign Policy in The Horn of Africa

From Colonialism to Terrorism
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-86047-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 376 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy

Examining American foreign policy towards the Horn of Africa between 1945 and 1991, this book uses Ethiopia and Somalia as case studies to offer an evaluation of the decision-making process during the Cold War, and consider the impact that these decisions had upon subsequent developments both within the Horn of Africa and in the wider international context.

The decision-making process is studied, including the role of the president, the input of his advisers and lower level officials within agencies such as the State Department and National Security Council, and the parts played by Congress, bureaucracies, public opinion, and other actors within the international environment, especially the Soviet Union, Ethiopia and Somalia. Jackson examines the extent to which influences exerted by forces other than the president affected foreign policy, and provides the first comprehensive analysis of American foreign policy towards Ethiopia and Somalia throughout the Cold War.

This book offers a fresh perspective on issues such as globalism, regionalism, proxy wars, American aid programmes, anti-communism and human rights. It will be of great interest to students and academics in various fields, including American foreign policy, American Studies and Politics, the history of the Cold War, and the history of the Horn of Africa during the modern era.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jackson, Donna

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Cold War Battleground. Chapter 1: The Coming of the Cold War. Chapter 2: The United Nations and the Horn of Africa. Chapter 3: Forging the "Special Relationship". Chapter 4: Self-Determination and the New Frontier. Chapter 5: In the Shadow of Vietnam. Chapter 6: Vital and Peripheral Interests. Chapter 7: Revolution in Ethiopia. Chapter 8: The Era of the Vietnam Syndrome. Chapter 9: The Ogaden War and the Demise of Détente. Chapter 10: Realignment and Reagan. Chapter 11: The End of the Cold War. Chapter 12: Somalia: From Colonialism to Terrorism.

Über Autor(innen)

Donna Jackson is a Senior Lecturer in Modern History, with particular specialism in American History in Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Chester, UK.