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In this lively, historically accurate account, David E. Brown
chronicles the demise of the grizzly bear in the Southwest. He
presents the personal narratives of those who knew grizzlies,
accounts of hunters and administrators in wildlife management
agencies, and the popular legends and lore of the grizzly that one
would hear around the campfire. Scientists, Southwest historians,
and those interested in America's wildlife will appreciate this
readable study of the bear's life history and of the unique spirit
of adventure associated with the grizzly bear-a spirit that passed
from southwest game ranges with the expirpation of the species in
the first half of this century. This edition includes a new
foreword by Charles Jonkel and a new preface, in which the author
discusses the latest developments in the debate over the grizzly's
place in the Southwest.
The Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) has maintained close and
positive professional ties with our colleagues at the Africa Center
for Strategic Studies (ACSS) in Washington, DC, since ACSS's
founding in 1999. The Africa Center is the preeminent U.S.
Department of Defense (DoD) institution for strategic security
studies, research, and outreach in Africa. I am pleased that SSI
and ACSS are once more able to collaborate in the publication of
this monograph, entitled Hidden Dragon, Crouching Lion: How China's
Advance in Africa is Underestimated and Africa's Potential
Underappreciated. Its author, David E. Brown, is currently the
Senior Diplomatic Advisor at ACSS. He brings unique perspectives to
the important foreign policy issue of China's rapid commercial and
political advance in Africa, having served eight times in China and
Africa as a Foreign Service Officer at U.S. Embassies, U.S.
Consulates, and the American Institute in Taiwan.
The explosive growth of China's economic interests in
Africa-bilateral trade rocketed from $1 billion in 1990 to $150
billion in 2011-may be the most important trend in the continent's
foreign relations since the end of the Cold War. In 2010, China
surpassed the United States as Africa's top trading partner; its
quest to build a strategic partnership with Africa on own its terms
through tied aid, trade, and development finance is also part of
Beijing's broader aspirations to surpass the United States as the
world's preeminent superpower. Africa and other emerging economies
have become attractive partners for China not only for natural
resources, but as growing markets. Africa's rapid growth since 2000
has not just occurred because of higher commodity prices, but more
importantly due to other factors including improved governance,
economic reforms, and an expanding labor force. China's rapid and
successful expansion in Africa is due to multiple factors,
including economic diplomacy that is clearly superior to that of
the United States. China's "no strings attached" approach to
development, however, risks undoing decades of Western efforts to
promote good governance. Consequently, this monograph examines
China's oil diplomacy, equity investments in strategic minerals,
and food policy toward Africa. The official U.S. rhetoric is that
China's rise in Africa should not be seen as a zero-sum game, but
areas where real U.S.-China cooperation can help Africa remain
elusive, mainly because of Beijing's hyper-mistrust of Washington.
The United States could help itself, and Africa, by improving its
own economic diplomacy and adequately funding its own soft-power
efforts.
Nearly two feet long with striking black, white, and red plumage,
the Ivory-billed and Imperial Woodpeckers were two of the most
impressive woodpeckers in the world. Both species were known to be
in serious decline by the end of the nineteenth century and are
likely extinct today, though occasional reports of sightings
persist. While the Ivory-billed was one of the first endangered
birds to receive intensive conservation attention, the efforts were
too often misdirected, and too little, too late. Concern for the
fate of the Imperial Woodpecker came even later and resulted in a
similar fate.
The probable extinction of two of North America's largest and most
charismatic birds has much to teach us regarding conservation
efforts, especially as many other species face similar problems. In
closely examining the history of the decline and causes of
extinction of the Ivory-billed and Imperial Woodpeckers, the
authors offer explanations for the birds' demise and strategies for
future conservation and research efforts that focus mainly on the
deadly, though largely understated, role of human depredations.
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