Intervening in Africa
Journal Data
| Type | SOURCE_BOOK |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan Limited |
| ISBN-13 | 9780333977453 |
| Open Library | OL20732404W |
| Total publications | 4 |
| Coverage period | 2000 - 2000 |
| Language | EN |
As the Cold War faded, Ambassador Hank Cohen, President George Bush's Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, engaged in aggressive diplomatic intervention in Africa's civil wars. In this revealing b
Intervening in Africa
As the Cold War faded, Ambassador Hank Cohen, President George Bush's Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, engaged in aggressive diplomatic intervention in Africa's civil wars. In this revealing b
Intervening in Africa
Angola
Angola headed our African agenda early in the Bush administration. US involvement in the Angolan civil war had begun in 1986 through “covert” assistance to Dr Jonas Savimbi and his UNITA insurgents. 1 It was a surrogate war between the Soviets and Cubans on one side and the United States and South Africa on the other. With President Bush and Secretary Baker placing a high priority on ending the Cold War, Angola was a logical place for superpower …
Liberia
In a technical sense, Liberia’s civil war began on 24 December 1989 when a hundred armed insurgents of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) crossed into Nimba County from neighboring Côte d’Ivoire. In a larger sense, the war began on 12 April 1980 when seventeen inebriated noncommissioned officers of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) invaded the Presidential Palace and assassinated President William R. Tolbert, Jr. These same soldiers t…
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Intervening in Africa
As the Cold War faded, Ambassador Hank Cohen, President George Bush's Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, engaged in aggressive diplomatic intervention in Africa's civil wars. In this revealing b
Intervening in Africa
Angola
Angola headed our African agenda early in the Bush administration. US involvement in the Angolan civil war had begun in 1986 through “covert” assistance to Dr Jonas Savimbi and his UNITA insurgents. 1 It was a surrogate war between the Soviets and Cubans on one side and the United States and South Africa on the other. With President Bush and Secretary Baker placing a high priority on ending the Cold War, Angola was a logical place for superpower …
Liberia
In a technical sense, Liberia’s civil war began on 24 December 1989 when a hundred armed insurgents of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) crossed into Nimba County from neighboring Côte d’Ivoire. In a larger sense, the war began on 12 April 1980 when seventeen inebriated noncommissioned officers of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) invaded the Presidential Palace and assassinated President William R. Tolbert, Jr. These same soldiers t…