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Frontmatter --Contents --Preface --Abbreviations --Introduction: The Setting --PART I. THE ANTI-COMMUNISM OF MODERATE REPUBLICANS --I. Predispositions and First Moves --II. Collision with Lumumba --III. New Difficulties --PART II. THE ANTI-COMMUNISM OF LIBERAL DEMOCRATS --IV. The Kennedy Reappraisal --V.The Battle against Katanga --VI.Liberalism: The View from Leopoldville --VII. From Kennedy to Johnson --PART III. EVALUATION --VIII. A Critique of the Basic Assumptions of American Congo Policy --IX.Explanations and Conclusions --Bibliography --Index

An inside look at how congressional deference to the presidency and State Department has led to such foreign policy failures as Somalia, Bosnia and Iraq.

How did a U.S.‐led, U.N.‐ approved military intervention to protect civilians in Libya end up enabling rebels to overthrow the Qaddafi regime? A variety of evidence shows that the Obama administration was dishonest in publicly describing its military purpose as solely humanitarian when it was largely directed towards regime change. Presidential deception prevented the emergence of alternative policies that might have avoided Libya's postwar chaos while obfuscating U.S. responsibility for that consequence. The essence of the deception is set forth below in contrasting statements by President Obama and former Central Intelligence Agency Director and Secretary of Defense Panetta.

'Out of America: A Black Man Confronts Africa' by Keith Richburg is reviewed.