On the United States and North Africa
Gallagher, Charles F. The United States and North Africa: Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1963. pp. 300.
“Despite a creeping Hellenization of the [Carthaginian] metropolis toward the end, it was essential an oriental state and many of its customs struck root in the area. The long tunic, the skull cap, and the voluminous cloak were Carthaginian dress and persist today [. . .].”
“[Today,] although there had never hitherto been relations of any scope with Black Africa, a movement in this direction began a few years back and has become an important segment of the foreign policy of the states of the Maghrib, the psychological cornerstone of which may be that it marks the first opportunity North Africa has had to exercise its influence on another area.”
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