Affiliation: Elizabeth Schmidt is a professor of history at Loyola University Maryland. She is the author of Foreign Intervention in Africa: From the Cold War to the War on Terror (Cambridge University Press, 2013); Cold War and Decolonization in Guinea, 1946–1958 (Ohio University Press, 2007); Mobilizing the Masses: Gender, Ethnicity, and Class in the Nationalist Movement in Guinea, 1939–1958 (Heinemann, 2005); Peasants, Traders, and Wives: Shona Women in the History of Zimbabwe, 1870–1939 (Heinemann, 1992); and Decoding Corporate Camouflage: U.S. Business Support for Apartheid (Institute for Policy Studies, 1980). Schmidt serves on the board of directors of the Association of Concerned Africa Scholars (ACAS) and is a past board member of the African Studies Association. E-mail: eschmidt@loyola.edu