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Frontiersmen: Warfare In Africa Since 1950 (Warfare and History)

By Anthony Clayton

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1998
ISBN
1857285255, 9781857285253, 9780203158616
LCC
DT21.5 .C58 1999
Open Library ID
OL6803693M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3400347 bytes)
Series
Warfare and History
Pages
260\260
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-08-30 15:18:36

Description

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.

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