{"product_id":"u-s-africa-relations-9780739190036","title":"U.S.Africa Relations","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: 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","brand":"Rlpg\/Galleys","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037542580567,"sku":"9780739190036","price":88.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780739190036.jpg?v=1750936177","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/u-s-africa-relations-9780739190036","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}