Excerpt from The States of North Africa in the 1970's: Joint Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Africa and the Subcommittee of the Near East of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-Second Congress, Second Session; July 18, 19, and August 2, 1972 North Africa is Often neglected because it has a low priority for United States foreign policy makers. It is essential, however, that the region receive in-depth attention on a continuing basis, because the United States has had important interests in these countries since World War II, because there have been some major setbacks in our relations with these countries, particularly in Libya and Algeria, and, finally, because Of the inherent importance of this area at the cross roads Of a number Of different regions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.