| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 235 pages) : maps |
| Series |
Warfare and history |
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Warfare and history.
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| Contents |
Chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Independence wars 1950 to 1962 -- chapter 3 Independence wars 1962 to 1980 -- chapter 4 Wars of integration and disintegration I: 1960 to 1980 -- chapter 5 Southern Africa to 1983 -- chapter 6 Southern Africa 1984 to 1997 -- chapter 7 Wars of integration and disintegration II: 1980 to 1997 -- chapter 8 Conclusion |
| Summary |
Since 1950 there has been almost continuous military unrest in Africa. This study discusses the view that warfare in North Africa has been mainly a matter of identity, while sub-Saharan warfare is comparable with that of precolonial Africa. Since 1950, there has been almost continuous military unrest in Africa. This study offers an overview of warfare in this period, examining a military tradition that ranges from the highly sophisticated electronic, air and armour fighting between South Africa and Angola-Cuban forces, to the spears and machetes of the Rwandan genocide. The author explores two themes: first, that warfare in North Africa has principally been a matter of identity and secondly, that warfare south of the Sahara is comparable with that of pre-colonial Africa - conflicts of frontiersmen trying to extend their control over land and resources. Exploring liberation campaigns, civil wars, ethnic conflicts and wars between nations, this study provides an authoritative military history of Africa over half a century |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-229) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Military art and science -- Africa -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY -- Military -- Pictorial.
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Military art and science
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| SUBJECT |
Africa -- History, Military -- 20th century
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| Subject |
Africa
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Military history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
00265979 |
| ISBN |
020315861X |
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9780203158616 |
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0203006704 |
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9780203006702 |
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9781857285253 |
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1857285255 |
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9781857285246 |
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1857285247 |
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9786610400638 |
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6610400636 |
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9781135363888 |
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1135363889 |
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9781135363833 |
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1135363838 |
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9781135363871 |
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1135363870 |
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