Content Description From the Collection: This collection comprises the papers of Gerald J. Bender, a professor of international relations at USC from 1979 to 2011 and director of the School of International Relations from 1986 to 1991. Bender was a foremost expert on the study of politics, languages, and culture of Angola and Southern Africa generally, with a particular interest in United States foreign policy toward the region. The Gerald J. Bender papers contain Bender's personal, professional, and USC correspondence; files on...

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The majority of the material comprises copies of published articles and transcripts of lectures and testimonies that Bender authored, accompanied by notes, draft versions, and correspondence relevant to each piece of writing. Some of the files also contain published articles, transcripts of speeches, correspondence and records authored by other writers that Bender kept for research and documentation purposes.