Political Warfare in Sub-Saharan Africa U. S. Capabilities and Chinese Operations in Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa |
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Chau, Donovan C. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-312-29858-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2014 |
| Publisher: | Lulu Press, Inc.
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
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Book Description:
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Africa today has emerged as a continent of strategic consequence. Domestic and international terrorism aside, the two great powers of our time, the United States and the People's Republic of China (PRC), are vying for influence over African governments and people. Not unlike the Cold War, the primary means of exerting influence in Africa is through the use of nonviolent instruments of grand strategy. In this monograph, Dr. Donovan Chau considers one nonviolent instrument of grand...
More DescriptionAfrica today has emerged as a continent of strategic consequence. Domestic and international terrorism aside, the two great powers of our time, the United States and the People's Republic of China (PRC), are vying for influence over African governments and people. Not unlike the Cold War, the primary means of exerting influence in Africa is through the use of nonviolent instruments of grand strategy. In this monograph, Dr. Donovan Chau considers one nonviolent instrument of grand strategy in particular, political warfare. Retracing the origins and mischaracterizations of political warfare, Dr. Chau suggests that the PRC has used political warfare as its leading grand strategic instrument in Africa. The monograph offers a concise, detailed overview of U.S. capabilities to conduct political warfare in Africa. It then examines PRC political warfare operations in four regional "anchor" states--Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa.