Race and US foreign policy : the African-American foreign affairs network

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Title:

Race and US foreign policy : the African-American foreign affairs network

Author:

Ledwidge, Mark

ISBN:

9780415482110

9780415705073

9780203806180

Publication Information:

London : Routledge, 2013

Physical Description:

246 s.

Series:

Routledge studies in US foreign polity

General Note:

1. Introduction 2. The Forging of the African-American Foreign Affairs Community 3. A Case Study of the Italo-Ethiopian War 4. From Isolationism to Globalism: African-Americans' Response to U.S. Entry into the Second World War 5. African-Americans and the Formation of the United Nations Organisation 6. Human Rights, Racial Reconstruction and the Cold War 7. Malcolm and Martin an the Shadow of US Foreign Policy 8. Conclusion

Abstract:

African-Americans' analysis of, and interest in, foreign affairs represents a rich and dynamic legacy, and this work provides a cutting edge insight into this neglected aspect of US foreign affairs. In addition to extending the parameters of US foreign policy literature to include race and ethnicity, the book documents case-specific analyses of the evolutionary development of the African American foreign affairs network (AAFAN). Whilst the examination of race in regard to the construction of US foreign policy is significant, this book...

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African-Americans' analysis of, and interest in, foreign affairs represents a rich and dynamic legacy, and this work provides a cutting edge insight into this neglected aspect of US foreign affairs.

In addition to extending the parameters of US foreign policy literature to include race and ethnicity, the book documents case-specific analyses of the evolutionary development of the African American foreign affairs network (AAFAN). Whilst the examination of race in regard to the construction of US foreign policy is significant, this book also provides a cross disciplinary approach which utilises historical and political science methods to paint a more realistic appraisal of US foreign policy. Including analysis of original archival evidence, this theoretically informed work seeks to transcend the standard mono-disciplinary approach which overestimates the separation between domestic and foreign affairs.

The unique approach of this work will add an important dimension to a newly emerging field and will be of interest to scholars in ethnic and racial studies, American politics, US foreign policy and US history.