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Publication Date: January 2008
Publisher: Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
Author(s): James J. Hentz
Research Area: Military and defense
Keywords: Foreign Policy; Africa; AFRICOM
Type: Report
Coverage: Africa
Abstract:
Africa Command was created in February 2007 and began initial operations the following October; it is scheduled to assume responsibility for all military relationships, programs, and activities in Africa this fall under its first commander, U.S. Army General William E. “Kip†Ward. In order to succeed, AFRICOM will have to break free of four bad habits of the U.S. government, each of which tends to reinforce the others.