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Book SynopsisTrade Review[The] author’s incisive interpretative repertoire . . . gives the book a multilayered texture that is intriguing and puts it above standard narratives about the Liberian civil war and its dehumanizing violence. . . .While specialists of violence and its effects on society will find it easier to relate to the book’s subject matter for obvious reasons, non-specialists will also be pleasantly surprised by the ease with which they can follow Abramowitz’s complex thought process that seldom wavers in its attempt to reenact the chaotic nature of a dysfunctional Liberian society reemerging from its troubled war-torn recent past. * African Studies Quarterly *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Cassandra R. Veney Chapter One: Rethinking US-Africa Democracy Relations in Obama’s First Term Rita Kiki Edozie Chapter Two: Fighting Poverty and Improving Human Development in Africa: Opportunities for U.S. Engagement John Mukum Mbaku Chapter Three: US-Africa Relations and AFRICOM: Problems, Possibilities, and Limitations Edmond Keller Chapter 4: Promoting or Resisting Change? The United States and the Arab Spring in North Africa with an Emphasis on Egypt Ahmed Ali Salem Chapter Five: US-Africa Relations With the Big Three: Ethiopia, Nigeria, and South Africa Cassandra R.Veney Chapter Six: US Policy in the Great Lakes Region Emizet Francois Kisangani Chapter Seven: Black Man’s Burden: African American Celebrities and Philanthropy Zine Mugabane Chapter Eight: The African Diaspora’s Role in Forging US-Africa Relations Paul Tiyambe Zeleza
