U.S. policy in postcolonial Africa

"This book, a concise examination of U.S. policy in contemporary Africa, delineates various aspects of the role that the U.S. played in exacerbating and/or resolving violent conflicts in postcolonial Africa and provides a succinct historical overview of these armed conflicts. Libraries, advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and professors of African studies, as well as the general reader, will find this book useful."--BOOK JACKET.