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oapen-20.500.12657-253322021-11-10T07:56:17Z Foreign Intervention in Africa after the Cold War Schmidt, Elizabeth History security terrorism violence in society Africa post cold war africa Poverty, corruption, and conflictsa ffect 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 nonpecialists, the book offers a new continentwide perspective, illuminated by case studies synthesized from previously published works. 2019-03-29 23:55 2020-03-14 03:00:36 2020-04-01T10:34:35Z 2020-04-01T10:34:35Z 2018-10-22 book 1004767 OCN: 1100491573 9780896803213;9780896805040 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25332 eng application/pdf n/a 1004767.pdf Ohio University Press 102818 907a4342-54b7-4bcc-9208-2d58505573d3 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780896803213;9780896805040 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 102818 KU Select 2018: HSS Frontlist Books Knowledge Unlatched open access
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Poverty, corruption, and conflictsa ffect 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 nonpecialists, the book offers a new continentwide perspective, illuminated by case studies synthesized from previously published works.
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