Frontiersmen : warfare in Africa since 1950 / Anthony Clayton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clayton, Anthony, 1928-

Series:

Warfare and history.

Warfare and history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War.

Military art and science--Africa--History--20th century.

Military art and science.

Africa--History, Military.

Africa.

Africa--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : UCL Press, 1999.

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliography: p227-229. - Includes index.

ISBN:

1-135-36388-9

0-203-15861-X

1-280-40063-3

0-203-00670-4

9786610400638

9780203006702

OCLC:

437073490