Nigeria, Africa, and the United States: From Kennedy to ReaganIndiana University Press, 1991 - 193 pages Shepard argues that U.S. policy toward Nigeria has never had much to do with what was going on there or in Africa as a whole. Instead, U.S. policy makers have seen what they wanted to see and proceeded accordingly. He charts the changing face of a relationship which is in many ways typical of U.S. policy toward the nations of Africa. "... the lesser known Nigerian side of the relationship is presented in illuminating detail." --Foreign Affairs "... lucid and straightforward. It is well documented from sources both in the USA and Nigeria... highly recommended... " --The Round Table |
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... crises or when the underlying premises of policy had been proved wrong beyond question . Otherwise , policy was driven ... crisis , military intervention , or extreme hostility . All too often , discussions of American policy toward the ...
... crises or when the underlying premises of policy had been proved wrong beyond question . Otherwise , policy was driven ... crisis , military intervention , or extreme hostility . All too often , discussions of American policy toward the ...
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... crisis that he would not intervene on Mobutu's behalf , and he said he would approve only the shipment of nonlethal supplies to Zaire . A State Department official summarized the administration's handling of the situation in terms that ...
... crisis that he would not intervene on Mobutu's behalf , and he said he would approve only the shipment of nonlethal supplies to Zaire . A State Department official summarized the administration's handling of the situation in terms that ...
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... Crisis and Consensus in the Nigerian 1979 Elections . " Comparative Politics 14 ( October 1981 ) : 75-100 . " The Overthrow of Nigeria's Second Republic . " Current History 83 ( March 1984 ) : 122-24 , 138 . Kitchen , Helen . " On ...
... Crisis and Consensus in the Nigerian 1979 Elections . " Comparative Politics 14 ( October 1981 ) : 75-100 . " The Overthrow of Nigeria's Second Republic . " Current History 83 ( March 1984 ) : 122-24 , 138 . Kitchen , Helen . " On ...
Contents
Kennedy and Americas African Model | 9 |
Johnson Nixon and the Nigerian Civil War | 34 |
Nixon and Nigeria 19701973 | 50 |
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