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1 online resource (xvi, 277 pages) |
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polychrome |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. The African command : an overview -- pt. 2. The command debate -- pt. 3. Trade, energy, and commerce -- pt. 4. African security and counterterrorism -- pt. 5. Future prospects and problems. |
| Summary |
After the end of the Cold War and a failed mission in Somalia, the US decided to wash its hands of major military operations in Africa. Within the past few years, however, strategic interests in the region have grown, based largely on the threat of international terrorist group activities there. In 2007, the Bush Administration created a new military presence in Africa, AFRICOM (United States Africa Command), professed to be based not on occupying military or fixed bases, but rather on capacity building for and collaboration with African security forces. Some see AFRICOM as the answer to an Afr. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States. Africa Command.
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United States. Africa Command. |
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United States. Africa Command. |
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Military assistance, American -- Africa.
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Military assistance, American. |
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Africa. |
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Terrorism -- Africa -- Prevention.
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Terrorism. |
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National security -- Africa.
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National security. |
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United States -- Military relations -- Africa.
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United States. |
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Military relations. |
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Africa -- Military relations -- United States.
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Africa -- Strategic aspects.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Buss, Terry F.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: African security and the African command. Sterling, VA : Kumarian Press ; Pittsburgh : Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies, ©2011 9781565494121 (DLC) 2011002060 (OCoLC)692290790 |
| ISBN |
9781565494145 (electronic book) |
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1565494148 (electronic book) |
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9781565494121 |
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1565494121 |
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9781565494138 |
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156549413X |
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1565494148 |
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9781565494152 |
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1565494156 |
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