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<p>Renewed U.S. security and diplomatic interest in Sub-Saharan Africa suggests the need to evaluate previous DSPD  initiatives. The ACRF serves as a useful lesson for U.S.  African Combatant Command (USAFRICOM) in how to communicate  effectively with African partners. The aim of the thesis is  to evaluate the effectiveness of Department of Defense (DoD)  Defense Support for Public Diplomacy (DPSD) sources and  messages using the African Crisis Response Force (ACRF) as a  controlled comparison case study. Based on this aim, the  study hypothesizes that a high level source employing a  tailored message objective to the target audience's home  venue would achieve the most favorable effect. Based on the  analysis of the ACRF proposal process, the thesis only  marginally affirms the hypothesis, suggesting that countryspecific  contextual factors related to military-to-military  relations and the condition of public diplomatic relations  played a more significant role.
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<br>Subjects: Peacekeeping forces; Africa, Sub-Saharan; Crisis management; Political stability; Conflict management; Military assistance, American</div>
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Ieva, Christopher Scott</div>
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