Intervening in Africa: Superpower Peacemaking in a Troubled Continent

by H. Cohen

Overview

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 book Cohen tells how he and his Africa Bureau team operated in seven countries in crisis--Angola, Ethiopia, Liberia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia and Sudan. He candidly characterizes key personalities and events and provides a treasure trove of lessons learned and basic principles for practitioners of conflict resolution within states.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312232214
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	11/03/2000
Series:	Studies in Diplomacy
Edition description:	2000
Pages:	268
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Herman J. Cohen is President of Cohen and Woods International, a consulting firm in Washington, DC.

Table of Contents

Forging a New US Policy for Africa
• Ethiopia: Ending a Thirty-year War
• Sudan: Total North-South Incompatibility
• Angola: From Euphoria to Tragedy
• Liberia: A Bold Plan Hijacked
• Rwanda: Could We Have Prevented Genocide?
• Mozambique: Pieces Falling into Place Nicely
• Somalia: Better Late than Never
• Superpower in Africa: Mediator or Meddler?

Editorial Reviews

...candid practioner's memoir looks at seven civil wars in which the United States played a role. Foreign Affairs

From the Publisher

...candid practioner's memoir looks at seven civil wars in which the United States played a role.

Foreign Affairs

...candid practioner's memoir looks at seven civil wars in which the United States played a role.