Why Angola Matters
Report of a Conference Held at Pembroke College, Cambridge, March 21-22, 1994
Published on 1. January 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-85255-394-7 (ISBN)
Description
Illustrated throughout.
This volume examines the history of Angola since independence in 1975, and in particular the fact that the country has known only one year of peace in that time. The contributions come from a conference held in Cambridge.
This volume examines the history of Angola since independence in 1975, and in particular the fact that the country has known only one year of peace in that time. The contributions come from a conference held in Cambridge.
Reviews / Votes
... this volume provides relevant and valuable historical, political, military, economic and social analyses of the state of Angola and its place in the world in the late 20th century, and a good sense of the recent waste of its potential - which may now begin to be realised. * AFRICA ANALYSIS *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
50 s/w Abbildungen
50 b/w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 297 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
519 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85255-394-7 (9780852553947)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Joanna Lewis is Professor in the Department of International History at the London School of Economics, where she is also Director of the Centre for Women, Peace and Security.
Content
Why Angola matters to the world order; to Angola; to Britain; to the southern African region; rebuilding community at war; Africa in the media; summing up; communique to Lusaka and response; NGOs and UNITA; the siege of Cuito; beyond Lusaka; Angola - the political economy of integration and division; Angola through a cracked glass dimly.