Mobutu or Chaos?: The United States and Zaire, 1960-1990 (Hardback)

Michael G. Schatzberg (author)

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Hardback 126 Pages
Published: 31/05/1991

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Synopsis

Mobutu or Chaos? is the latest product of the Foreign Policy Research Institute's study on "friendly tyrants." Like its predecessors, it tackles the thorny question of how to deal with the pro-U.S. authoritarian regimes that have bedeviled U.S. foreign policy for the better part of forty years. The book chronicles the U.S. relations with Mobutu from their beginnings in the sixties when support for the ruler was justifiable by higher goals, through to the present when the degeneration of his regime into incompetence and severe brutality raises new questions both practical and moral as to the justification of continued relations. This volume is important to all those interested in Zaire, Africa, and the general workings of U.S. foreign policy. Co-published with the Foreign Policy Research Institute.

Publisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 9780819181305
Number of pages: 126
Weight: 454 g
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 25 mm

MEDIA REVIEWS

This is a well articulated book and focused. It is highly recommended to all students of Africa's affairs, Zaire politics, the U.S. foreign policymakers toward Africa and international financial institutions which have concerns for Africa. -- Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo Michael Schatzberg's most recent volume on Zaire...could serve as a worthwhile addition to international relations and foreign policy courses... The volume offers ample material for provocative classroom discussions about how various actors attempt toshape US foreign policy. Readers interested in fuller treatments of Zairian politics and history will find that the footnores direct them to most of the better known English language books on Zaire. -- Patrick M. Boyle, AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW Michael Schatzberg's most recent volume on Zaire...could serve as a worthwhile addition to international relations and foreign policy courses... The volume offers ample material for provocative classroom discussions about how various actors attempt to shape US foreign policy. Readers interested in fuller treatments of Zairian politics and history will find that the footnores direct them to most of the better known English language books on Zaire. -- Patrick M. Boyle, AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW This is a well articulated book and focused. It is highly recommended to all students of Africa's affairs, Zaire politics, the U.S. foreign policymakers toward Africa and international financial institutions which have concerns for Africa. -- Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo