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“Katherine Dunham’S Mexican Adventure”, Theodore W. Cohen
“Katherine Dunham’S Mexican Adventure”, Theodore W. Cohen
The Confluence (2009-2020)
Katherine Dunham was an internationally recognized dancer, but her time in Mexico often gets short mention in biographies. Theodore Cohen looks at her Mexican years in the contexts of race in both Mexico and the United States.
Security Assistance In Africa: The Case For More, Kristen A. Harkness
Security Assistance In Africa: The Case For More, Kristen A. Harkness
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
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The Next Time The World Is Going Downhill: America And The 1983 Ethiopian Famine, Bethany Sharpe
The Next Time The World Is Going Downhill: America And The 1983 Ethiopian Famine, Bethany Sharpe
disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory
In 1983, a massive famine struck Ethiopia. Bred by a complex array of factors, thousands of men, women, and children experienced the painful effects of this humanitarian disaster as bodies weakened and widespread death took place. Throughout the famine, an unlikely partnership took place between the Communist leader Chairman Mengistu Haile Mariam and the staunchly anti-Communist White House.[1] The partnership allowed each nation to pursue strategic foreign policy goals; the United States sought to undermine the socialist PMGSE through humanitarian aid while Mengistu attempted to salvage his government’s international reputation. Soon, global attention swirled around the issue and unlikely …