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This significantly revised, updated and extended second edition of New Directions in US Foreign Policy retains the strongest aspects of its original structure but adds a comprehensive account of the latest theoretical perspectives, the key actors and issues, and new policy directions.

"Oliver Turner, University of Manchester, UK"--

"This book provides an up-to-date and detailed descriptive and analytic narrative of the major components of US Iraq policy"--

The book examines the broad gamut of the United States¿ security relations¿terrorism, AFRICOM, military cooperation, national interests, and natural resources¿ with Africa.

Since the terrorist attacks on the American homeland on September 11, 2001, fighting the menace has become the frontier issue on the U.S.¿ national security agenda. In the case of the African Continent, the United States has, and continues to accord major attention to the West African sub-region. The book examines the crises of underdevelopment¿cultural, economic, environmental, political, security and social¿in the sub-region, especially their impact on shaping the conditions that provide the taproots of terrorism. Clearly, addressing these multidimensional crises of underdevelopment is pivotal to the success of the U.S. war on terrorism in the sub-region.

Discusses about the racial aspect of the US foreign affairs. This book documents case-specific analysis of the evolutionary development of the African American foreign affairs network.

An examination of US policy towards Cuba after the Cold War, from 1989-2008. It discusses the competition between Congress and the executive for control of policy, and the domestic interests which shaped policymaking and led to the passage of 2 major pieces of legislation which tightened the embargo on Cuba and were fiercely resisted by US allies.