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This article analyzes some recent developments in the US political attitude toward the continent of Africa, examining why policies have changed since the failure of military efforts in Somalia & considering how the US is viewed by African nations. The article gives a brief history of US involvement in Africa since the mid-20th century & then discusses in detail the attitude of each presidential administration toward African political affairs, specifically, how the balance of international power came to outweigh human rights violations, political corruption, & other issues. The article details specific policy measures undertaken by the Clinton administration. Adapted from the source document.

U.S. government efforts to control the production and distribution of heroin, cocaine, and marihuana; some of the obstacles they meet in the various producing countries.

Recently Russian, American and West European analytical and expert publications have been brimming with uncompromising debates among political scientists, philosophers, specialists in the theory of international relations and world economy about the impact on the international community produced by the innovative "convergence" ideas formulated by the Barack Obama's Administration. Indeed, what are possible dimensions of changes in world politics, what are their potentials, limits and prospects? Adapted from the source document.

Repeatedly in the twentieth century, the United States has been involved in confrontations with other countries, each with the potential for widespread international and domestic upheaval, even disaster. In this book Michael Hunt focuses on seven such crises, presenting for each an illuminating introduction and a rich collection of original documents. His epilogue considers the nature of international crises and the U.S. record in dealing with them. The case studies include:•the American entry into World War I the Japanese-American rivalry that led to Pearl Harbor•the origins of the U.S.-Soviet Cold War•the collision between China and the United States during the Korean War•the confrontation over Soviet missiles in Cuba•Lyndon Johnsons commitment to war in Vietnam•and the American entanglement in the Iranian revolutionThe studies allow the reader to see U.S. foreign policymaking firsthand and to understand it as something that is shaped by interactions with other nations and leaders as well as by American values, attitudes, and needs. To provide an international perspective, both the narrative and the documents give as much attention to foreign policymakers as to their American counterparts, emphasizing the invariably dynamic, often confused, and sometimes chaotic interaction between the two sides