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Analyzes major causes of the military coup that toppled the government of Sir Dawada Jawara and ended the longest surviving multiparty democracy in Africa, and explores its aftermath.

PART I: HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL CONTEXTS OF US-AFRICA RELATIONS . - Chapter 1. Introduction: Framing United States-Africa Security Relations, Kelechi A. Kalu and George Klay Kieh, Jr 3 . - Chapter 2. From Benign Neglect to Strategic Engagement: The Challenges of Transforming America's African Policy in the Age of Obama, Clement Adibe 27. - Chapter 3. US-Africa Security Relations in the Twenty-First Century: Trends and Implications, Kelechi A. Kalu 62. - PART II: National and Regional Security Issues in US-Africa Relations . - Chapter 4. U.S. Security Interests in Africa, Diane Chinonso Orefo 85. - Chapter 5. The Global "War on Terror" in Africa, Abdoulaye Saine 103. - PART III: POLICY LINKAGES: ECONOMIC & MILITARY STRATEGIES . - Chapter 6. The Political Economy of U.S.-Africa Security Relations: The Institutional Approach, John Mukum Mbaku 119. - Chapter 7. The U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM): Issues and Perspectives, Emmanuel Kwesi-Aning 147. - Chapter 8. U.S.-Africa Military Cooperation, Jones Arogbofa 169. - PART IV: LESSONS AND INSIGHTS . - Chapter 9. Rethinking U.S.-Africa Security Relations, George Klay Kieh, Jr. 191