Conflict and its Resolution in Contemporary Africa A World In Change Series

by West, Harry G.

• ISBN13: 9780761808510
• ISBN10: 0761808515
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-08-14
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

This book is part of a continuing series that explores international political change. The volume focuses on African nation-states, their internal conflicts, and their role in the international arena, and also delves into history, political leadership, rebellion, military conflict, policymaking, and diplomacy in Africa. Topics such as ethnic differences, political corruption, and revolution are discussed against the backdrop of contemporary political life. Recent experiences in Somalia and Rwanda and the United States and the United Nations' intervention in African conflicts are also given particular attention. Rather than attempting to offer definitive solutions to the problems and questions facing Africa today, the work takes a more proactive and informative approach.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Kenneth W. Thompson
Introduction	ix
Harry G. West
Ethnic Conflict in Africa: A Journalist's View	1	(18)
Bill Berkeley
Collapsed States in Africa	19	(20)
I. William Zartman
Ethiopia: Yesterday and Today	39	(16)
John W. Harbeson
The United States, The United Nations, and Somalia	55	(18)
Admiral Jonathan T. Howe
Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Crises	73	(20)
Robert B. Oakley
Somalia: Reflections on U.S. Intervention	93	(16)
Stevenson McIlvaine
Limitations to United Nations Peacemaking in Africa	109	(14)
Thomas P. Sheehy
Genocide in Rwanda and the International Response	123
Alison L. Des Forges