FOREIGN INTERVENTION IN AFRICA AFTER THE COLD WAR, sovereignty, responsibility, and the war on terror, foreword by William Minter

462pp., illus., maps, paperback, Athens, 2018

“Why is this book a ‘must read’? In my view, it is because (Schmidt) manages to bring together a massive amount of information across a highly diverse socioeconomic and political landscape, organize it around a very persuasive set of propositions, and present it in a highly readable and compelling way.”Larry Swatuk, African Studies Review

"Foreign Intervention in Africa After the Cold War, by one of the leading Africanists in the United States, is richly detailed and beautifully organized. The bibliographical essays at the end of each chapter make it especially helpful to students. This is a fine study that is ideal for classroom use." Allen Isaacman, author (with Barbara Isaacman) of Dams, Displacement and Delusions of Development 

Elizabeth Schmidt is Professor Emeritus of History at Loyola University Maryland. Her previous books include Foreign Intervention in Africa: From the Cold War to the War on Terror; Cold War and Decolonization in Guinea, 1946–1958; Mobilizing the Masses: Gender, Ethnicity, and Class in the Nationalist Movement in Guinea, 1939–1958; Peasants, Traders, and Wives: Shona Women in the History of Zimbabwe, 1870–1939; and Decoding Corporate Camouflage: U.S. Business Support for Apartheid.