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Some issues back [Feb. 18, 1977], I noted that the struggle for the world was being waged in Africa, but that nobody in the United States was paying much attention. In the intervening months, the situation hasn’t changed—except that the struggle has become increasingly intense and that American policy, if anything, has become more addled.

The importance of Africa to the West, and its status as the major target of present Soviet strategy, are discussed by Lieutenant General Daniel O. Graham (U.S. Army, Retired) in The Crisis in Africa, a penetrating monograph brought out by the Center for Advanced International Studies of the University of Miami (1730 Rhode Island Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036; $2). By copious citation from Communist sources, General Graham, an intelligence specialist, makes it plain that the Soviets mean to secure the mineral treasures of the continent for themselves or, at a minimum, deny them to the United States.

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Some issues back [Feb. 18, 1977], I noted that the struggle for the world was being waged in Africa, but that nobody in the United States was paying much attention. In the intervening months, the situation hasn’t changed—except that the struggle has become increasingly intense and that American policy, if anything, has become more addled.

The importance of Africa to the West, and its status as the major target of present Soviet strategy, are discussed by Lieutenant General Daniel O. Graham (U.S. Army, Retired) in The Crisis in Africa, a penetrating monograph brought out by the Center for Advanced International Studies of the University of Miami (1730 Rhode Island Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036; $2). By copious citation from Communist sources, General Graham, an intelligence specialist, makes it plain that the Soviets mean to secure the mineral treasures of the continent for themselves or, at a minimum, deny them to the United States.