Historical Dictionary of Civil Wars in Africa

2nd edition

Edition en anglais

Guy Arnold

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Guy Arnold - Historical Dictionary of Civil Wars in Africa.
Since the end of World War II, and especially after 1960 when seventeen African colonies became independent of colonial rule, the African continent has... Lire la suite
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Résumé

Since the end of World War II, and especially after 1960 when seventeen African colonies became independent of colonial rule, the African continent has been ravaged by a sertes of wars. They have ranged from liberation struggles against former colonial powers to power struggles between different factions in the aftermath of independençe to border wars between newly independent states to civil wars between different ethnic groups. As with many conflicts, outside forces were drawn into many of these wars, intervening on one side or the other for a variety of reasons, including political ideology, Cold War considerations, and ethnic alignments. This second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Civil Wars in Africa reviews the wars that have occurred in Africa in the past half century: Algeria's struggle for independence from French colonial rule, Nigeria's fight to achieve a baianced state after the British departure, the Rwandan genocide of 1994, and the current ethnic cleansing in Darfur, to name only few lt contains, a chronology, a List of acronyms and abbreviations, an introductory essay,a bibliography, andcross-referenced dic tionary entries on wars, conflicts, major political and military figures, and topics such as child soldiers, mercenaries, and blood diamonds.

Caractéristiques

  • Date de parution
    01/01/2008
  • Editeur
  • ISBN
    978-0-8108-5766-7
  • EAN
    9780810857667
  • Présentation
    Relié
  • Poids
    0.75 Kg

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Biographie de Guy Arnold

Guy Arnold is the author of more than 40 books, including the Historical Dictionary of Aid and Development Organizations (1996), Historical Dictionary of Civil Wars in Africa: First Edition (1999), Historical Dictionary of the Crimean War (2002), and Historical Dictionary of the Non-Aligned Movement and Third,World (2006), all published by Scarecrow Press.

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