Race and US Foreign Policy: The African-American Foreign Affairs Network

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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. Front Cover Race and US Foreign Policy Copyright Page Contents Abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. The forging of the African-American Foreign Affairs Community 3. A case study of the Italo-Ethiopian War 1934–36 4. From isolationism to globalism: African-Americans’ response to US entry into the Second World War 1939–41 5. African-Americans and the formation of the United Nations Organisation 1944–47 6. Human rights, racial reconstruction and the Cold War 1950–60 7. Malcolm and Martin and the shadow of US foreign policy 8. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index