This book examines American foreign policy towards the Horn of Africa between 1945 and 1991, with particular emphasis upon the two main countries of that region, Ethiopia and Somalia. Using these countries as case studies, it will offer an evaluation of the decision-making process during the Cold War, and consider the impact that these decisions had upon subsequent developments both within the Horn of Africa and in the wider international context.

This book studies the decision-making process itself, including the role of the president, the input of his advisers and lower...