US military presence in Africa

Drew Cottle; Angela Keys

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-91206-6_71-1

US military presence in Africa

Drew Cottle, Angela Keys

Western Sydney University

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This chapter examines the United States military’s involvement in Africa, which is a twenty-first century phenomenon. The US military created the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) in 2007, which was motivated by the US War on Terror, access to Africa’s natural resources, including oil, and great power rivalry between the United States and China.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Imperialism and Anti-imperialism
Editors	Immanuel Ness, Zak Cope
Place of Publication	Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Pages	1-10
Number of pages	10
Edition	2nd
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319912066
ISBN (Print)	9780230392786
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91206-6_71-1
Publication status	Published - 2019

Keywords

United States
China
Armed Forces
foreign relations
natural resources
racism
imperialism
Africa

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