Show simple item record

U.S. foreign policy in Angola

dc.contributor.otherEbinger, Charles K.en
dc.contributor.otherThompson, Scotten
dc.coverage.spatialAfricaen
dc.coverage.spatialSouthern Africaen
dc.coverage.spatialAngolaen
dc.creatoren
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-20T22:50:31Zen
dc.date.available2012-01-20T22:50:31Zen
dc.date.created1981-11-03en
dc.date.issueden
dc.identifier.otherAPT-BAG: georgetown.edu.10822_552695.tar;APT-ETAG: 56674b807b315ad741cf8d6ceb8f723a-13; APT-DATE: 2017-06-09_08:05:00en
dc.identifier.urien
dc.descriptionFollowing independence from Portugal in 1975, Angola entered a 27 year-long civil war that pitted the Marxist Cuban-backed regime of Jose Eduardo dos Santos and his Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) against the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), led by Jonas Savimbi. Yet despite the government's Marxist ideology, the dos Santos regime proved eager to do business with American companies, most notably those in the oil industry, and by 1980 taxes and royalties paid by Gulf Oil alone composed roughly one sixth of Angola's GDP. In addition to funding Angolan development projects, these American dollars also helped to foot the bill for Cuban missionaries, putting the Reagan Administration at loggerheads with the American business community. In this episode, guests Dr. Charles Ebinger of the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Dr. Scott Thompson of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy discuss American business interests in Angola as well as U.S. involvement in the country's civil war, a matter complicated by the Clark Amendment of 1976, which prohibited government aid to organizations engaged in paramilitary operations in Angola. Given the Angolan government's communist alignment, should the United States back the anti-Marxist forces of Jonas Savimbi, or should it yield to the interests of the American business community?en
dc.description.abstractExamines the conflict between American business interests in Angola and the Reagan Administration's opposition to the Marxist government regime.en
dc.format.extent28 min.en
dc.format.mediumMPG4 H.264en
dc.languageEnglishen
dc.publisherJefferson Communications Inc.en
dc.publisherGeorgetown University. School of Foreign Serviceen
dc.relationDean Peter Krogh Foreign Affairs Digital Archiveen
dc.relation.urihttps://mediapilot.georgetown.edu/ssdcms/i.do?u=4f0e08845ac44cben
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/en
dc.sourceAmerican Interestsen
dc.subject.lcshUnited States -- Foreign relations -- Angolaen
dc.subject.lcshAngola -- Foreign relations -- United Statesen
dc.subject.otherConflict and Waren
dc.subject.otherInternational Diplomacyen
dc.subject.otherUnited States Role in the Worlden
dc.subject.otherJonas Savimbien
dc.subject.otherJose Eduardo dos Santosen
dc.subject.otherNational Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA)en
dc.subject.otherPopular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA)en
dc.subject.otherAngolan Civil Waren
dc.subject.otherClark Amendmenten
dc.titleU.S. foreign policy in Angolaen
dc.title.alternativeUnited States foreign policy in Angolaen
dc.contributor.repositoryDigitalGeorgetown
dc.rights.noteFor more information about copyright for materials within DigitalGeorgetown, please consult https://www.library.georgetown.edu/copyright/digitalgeorgetown.


This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record