Liberia and the United States during the Cold War
Liberia and the United States during the Cold War

Author: D. Dunn

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 2009-10-13

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780230617353

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At once a diplomatic history and case study of African foreign policy and presidential leadership, this book illustrates how development and security assistance were used by the US as antidotes against communism in the Cold War and how Liberia was able occasionally to profit from the arrangement.

American Warlord
American Warlord

Author: Johnny Dwyer

Publisher: Knopf

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 0307273482

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Tells the story of "Chucky" Taylor, a young American who lost his soul in Liberia, the country where his African father was a ruthless warlord and dictator.

African American Officers in Liberia
African American Officers in Liberia

Author: Brian Shellum

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2018-08-01

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 1612349552

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"The story of seventeen African American officers who trained, reorganized, and commanded the Liberian Frontier Force to defend Liberia between 1910 and 1942"--

US Policy Toward Africa
US Policy Toward Africa

Author: Herman J. Cohen

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781626378698

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Herman Cohen draws on both the documentary record and his years of on-the-ground experience to provide a uniquely comprehensive survey and interpretation of nearly eight decades of US policy toward Africa. Tracing how this policy has evolved across successive administrations since 1942 (beginning with President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third term in office), Cohen illuminates the debates that have taken place at the highest levels of government; shows how policy toward Africa has been affected over the years by US relations with Europe, the Soviet Union, the Middle East, and most recently China; and points to the increasing reliance of Western economic interests on Africa's natural resources. His deeply informed narrative reveals the roles not only of circumstance and ideology, but also of personalities, in the formulation and implementation of US foreign policy.

Liberia
Liberia

Author: Mary H. Moran

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2008-07-17

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 0812220285

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Moran argues that democracy is not a foreign import into Africa, but that essential aspects of what we in the West consider democratic values are part of the indigenous traditions of legitimacy and political process.

Two Centuries of US Military Operations in Liberia
Two Centuries of US Military Operations in Liberia

Author: Niels Hahn

Publisher:

Published: 2020-03-31

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13:

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This book reviews the history of the United States-Liberia relations from the early 1820s to 2015, with particular attention paid to the role of the US armed forces. Contrary to most literature on the genesis and development of Liberia, this book demonstrates how US military power has been the primary influence shaping Liberia's history. This includes the role played by the US military in the founding of Liberia, the protection of the country during the European formal colonial era, multiple covert operations in securing US-friendly administrations in Liberia, and direct military interventions when necessary to secure American interests in the region.