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FOREIGN INTERVENTION IN AFRICA
FROM THE COLD WAR TO THE WAR ON TERROR |
| By: |
Elizabeth Schmidt |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£26.00 |
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£22.75 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521709032 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521709033 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 March, 2013 |
| Series: |
New Approaches to African History 7 |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
This book chronicles foreign political and military interventions in Africa from 1956 to 2010, helping readers understand the historical roots of Africa's problems. |
| Synopsis: |
Foreign Intervention in Africa chronicles the foreign political and military interventions in Africa from 1956 to 2010, during the periods of decolonisation and the Cold War, as well as during the periods of state collapse and the 'global war on terror'. In the first two periods, the most significant intervention was extra-continental. The USA, the Soviet Union, China, Cuba and the former colonial powers entangled themselves in countless African conflicts. During the period of state collapse, the most consequential interventions were intra-continental. African governments, sometimes assisted by powers outside the continent, supported warlords, dictators and dissident movements in neighbouring countries and fought for control of their neighbours' resources. The global war on terror, like the Cold War, increased foreign military presence on the African continent and generated external support for repressive governments. In each of these cases, external interests altered the dynamics of Africa's internal struggles, escalating local conflicts into larger conflagrations, with devastating effects on African peoples. |
| Illustrations: |
16 b/w illus. 8 maps |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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