Foreign intervention in Africa after the Cold War sovereignty, responsibility, and the war on terror
In Foreign Intervention in Africa after the Cold War--interdisciplinary in approach and intended for non-specialists--Elizabeth Schmidt provides a new framework for thinking about foreign political and military intervention in Africa, its purposes, and its consequences. She focuses on the quarter ce...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Athens, Ohio :
Ohio University Press
[2018]
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| Colección: | Open Research Library ebooks.
Ohio University research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series ; no. 19. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b44577655*spi |
| Sumario: | In Foreign Intervention in Africa after the Cold War--interdisciplinary in approach and intended for non-specialists--Elizabeth Schmidt provides a new framework for thinking about foreign political and military intervention in Africa, its purposes, and its consequences. She focuses on the quarter century following the Cold War (1991-2017), when neighboring states and subregional, regional, and global organizations and networks joined extracontinental powers in support of diverse forces in the war-making and peace-building processes. During this period, two rationales were used to justify intervention: a response to instability, with the corollary of responsibility to protect; and the war on terror. Often overlooked in discussions of poverty and violence in Africa is the fact that many of the challenges facing the continent today are rooted in colonial political and economic practices, in Cold War alliances, and in attempts by outsiders to influence African political and economic systems during the decolonization and postindependence periods. Although conflicts in Africa emerged from local issues, external political and military interventions altered their dynamics and rendered them more lethal. [This book] counters oversimplification and distortions and offers a new continentwide perspective, illuminated by trenchant case studies. -- Back cover. Poverty, corruption, and conflicts affect many parts of Africa, but the source of these problems is widely misunderstood. Many challenges today are rooted in colonial political and economic practices, Cold War alliances, and attempts by outsiders to influence political and economic systems during the decolonization and postindependence periods. This book provides a new framework for foreign political and military intervention in Africa, its purposes. It focuses on the 25 years following the Cold War, when neighboring states and subregional, regional, and global organizations and networks joined extracontinental powers in support of diverse forces in the war-making and peace-building processes. Two rationales were used to justify intervention: a response to instability (and the responsibility to protect) and the war on terror. Intended for nonspecialists, the book offers a new continentwide perspective, illuminated by case studies synthesized from previously published works. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 recurso electrónico (xxiv, 462 p.) : il., mapas |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9780896803206 9780896803213 9780896805040 |
