The collection is distinguished by the contributions of Gerald Bender, William Foltz and the editor himself. Foreign Affairs ...offers Bender's outstanding analysis of the U.S. Angolian intervention... two stimulating essays on the regional role of the CIA (by Stephen Weissman and Lemarchand himself), and two divergent views of the best U.S. policy toward South Africa by William J. Foltz and R. Hunt Davis, Jr. Africa Report The papers are of uniformly high quality, most are well documented and tightly argued. This collection supersedes Lake, Anthony, The Tar Baby Option and El Khawas and Cohen, eds., The Kissinger Study of Southern Africa...a worthy additionto the literature on South Africa and should be in all academic libraries. CHOICE The papers are of uniformly high quality, most are well documented and tightly argued. This collection supersedes Lake, Anthony, The "Tar Baby" Option and El Khawas and Cohen, eds., The Kissinger Study of Southern Africa...a worthy addition to the literature on South Africa and should be in all academic libraries. CHOICE The collection is distinguished by the contributions of Gerald Bender, William Foltz and the editor himself. Foreign Affairs ...offers Bender's outstanding analysis of the U.S. Angolian intervention... two stimulating essays on the regional role of the CIA (by Stephen Weissman and Lemarchand himself), and two divergent views of the best U.S. policy toward South Africa by William J. Foltz and R. Hunt Davis, Jr. Africa Report