(Hahn 2019, vi) Historical backgroundĬontrary to popular belief, Liberia was the USA’s first overseas colony by way of war conquest. Over the years, the interventions have become more comprehensive and sophisticated, and Liberia can be considered an essential case for the general study of U.S.
Liberia is the country in Africa where the United States has the most extended history of military engagement, and each intervention is layered on the experience of previous interventions. Military Operations in Liberia, Challenges of Resistance and Compliance: As professor Niels Hahn argues in his book, Two Centuries of U.S. interference and its debilitating colonial and neocolonial impact on Africa, the study of Liberia is instructive. For those who are concerned about the U.S.
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