Frontiersmen
Warfare In Africa Since 1950
Erschienen am 4. Januar 2002
264 Seiten
978-1-135-36388-8 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
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.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
'Few of us, myself included, know much about war itself: Clayton does...there can be few better qualified than him for the grisly task,' - African Affairs'A comprehensive and timely overview of warfare in Africa from 1950 to the present day ... the meticulously accurate appendices are clearly set out and combine to form a mini encyclopedic dictionary: from that perspective alone the volume is a tool worth having.' - The World Today
Weitere Details
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Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
London
Großbritannien
Verlagsgruppe
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Dateigröße
3,32 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-135-36388-8 (9781135363888)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Weitere Ausgaben
Person
Anthony Clayton
Inhalt
Independence wars, 1950-1962; independence wars, 1962-1980; wars of integration and disintegration I, 1960-1980; Southern Africa to 1983; Southern Africa 1984-1997; wars of integration and disintegration II, 1980-1997.
