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African security and the African command : viewpoints on the US role in Africa /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sterling, VA : Pittsburgh :
Kumarian Press ; Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 277 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781565494145 1565494148 |