Frontiersmen : warfare in Africa since 1950
Anthony. Clayton
Bok Engelsk 2002 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2002.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (260 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Book Cover; Title; Contents; Maps; Preface; Introduction; Independence wars 1950 to 1962; Independence wars 1962 to 1980; Wars of integration and disintegration I: 1960 to 1980; Southern Africa to 1983; Southern Africa 1984 to 1997; Wars of integration and disintegration II: 1980 to 1997; Conclusion; Appendix: technical note; Notes; Chronology; Selected reading; Index. - 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 o
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| ISBN | 0-203-00670-4. - 0-203-15861-X. - 1-135-36388-9. - 1-280-40063-3. - 9786610400638
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