ISBN:
1857285255
,
1857285247
Language:
English
Pages:
XXIV, 235 S
,
Kt
,
24 cm
Edition:
1. publ.
Series Statement:
Warfare and history
DDC:
355/.0096/09045
Keywords:
Military art and science History 20th century
;
Grenze
;
Grenzbewohner
;
Bevölkerung
;
Krieg
;
Kriegsführung
;
Afrika
;
War
;
Africa History, Military
;
Afrika Krieg
;
Unabhängigkeitskrieg
;
Nationaler Befreiungskrieg
;
Antikolonialismus
;
Bürgerkrieg
;
Regionaler internationaler Konflikt
;
Ethnischer Konflikt
;
Innerstaatlicher Konflikt
;
Bewaffneter Konflikt
;
Separatismus
;
Guerillakrieg
;
Südliches Afrika
;
Südafrikanische Republik
;
Apartheid
;
Afrika
;
Krieg
;
Geschichte 1950-1997
Abstract:
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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-229) and index
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