The US Military in Africa: Enhancing Security and Development?
  • 2015/264 pages
  • A FirstForumPress Book

The US Military in Africa:

Enhancing Security and Development?

Jessica Piombo, editor
Hardcover: $78.00
ISBN: 978-1-62637-196-5
Ebook: $78.00
ISBN: 978-1-62637-452-2
Recent US security policy toward Africa has adopted a multidimensional approach—including the use of military assets to promote economic development and good governance—that has raised questions and generated considerable debate. Can actors like the US military develop appropriate methods to address both US and African interests? What blend of civilian and military programs are most likely to produce the best outcomes? And more fundamentally, is the military the appropriate actor to undertake governance and development projects?

The authors of The US Military in Africa explore these questions, providing an insightful combination of conceptual analysis and rich case studies.
Jessica Piombo is associate professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School.

Also of interest:
African Security and the African Command: Viewpoints on the US Role in Africa, edited by Terry Buss, Joseph Adjaye, Donald Goldstein, and Louis Picard, eds.

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