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The African allies of the United States are often depicted as mere pawns or clients seeking aid. Yet African leaders have deftly capitalized on security partnerships with the United States in ways that have been widely overlooked. Through skillful negotiating, hosting US military operations, and deploying their soldiers to support Washington's strategic aims, they have advanced their own interests—sometimes at the expense of their citizens.
Treachery and Diplomacy shines a light on US-Africa security partnerships, revealing their simmering internal tensions, hidden racial politics, and consequences for peace and democracy. Sobukwe Odinga explores the contentious relations between the US and key African allies—Liberia, Ethiopia, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), and Uganda—from the Cold War to the War on Terror. He brings to life the diplomatic gambits of leaders such as William Tubman, Mobutu Sese Seko, and Yoweri Museveni, documenting how they prodded Washington to back them in regional conflicts, increase aid, and temper criticisms of their domestic policies. Odinga also considers the African American political elites who denounced and championed US-Africa security partnerships—in some moments undercutting the influence of African leaders, in others abetting their authoritarianism. Connecting American racial thought, Pan-Africanism, and Black transnationalism to US security policy toward Africa, Treachery and Diplomacy offers new insight into how African governments have pursued their own agendas.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Making of US-Africa Security Relations: American Racial Thought and the African Quest for Influence
2. "Uncle Tom's" Air Base? Liberia's Strategic Assets, African American Allies, and "Special" Security Partnership with the United States
3. The Heart of Dark Operations: Zaire's Kamina Air Base and Mobutu's Muscle in Washington
4. Making Black Friends: The Rise of the New Breed and the Coalescence of the US Counterterror Agenda in Africa
5. An Ally to Be Reckoned With: The US-Uganda Partnership and the Power of Museveni's Pan-Africanism
Conclusion
Notes
Index
