| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 267 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
New approaches to African history ; [7]
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New approaches to African history ; 7.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Abbreviations; Introduction; Historical Background: Situating the Book; Focus of the Book; Organization of the Book; CHAPTER 1 Nationalism, Decolonization, and the Cold War, 1945-1991; Imperial Actors; Cold War Actors; The Case Studies; CHAPTER 2 Egypt and Algeria Radical Nationalism, Nonalignment, and External Intervention in North Africa, 1952-1973; Egypt, 1952-73; Algeria and Francophone North Africa, 1954-62; CHAPTER 3 The Congo Crisis, 1960-1965; The Crisis of 1960-61; The Crisis of 1964-65. |
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CHAPTER 4 War and Decolonization in Portugals African Empire, 1961-1975The National Liberation Movements; External Actors; The United States and Portugal: The Shifting Alliance; African Battlegrounds: Portuguese Guinea, Mozambique, and Angola; Portuguese Guinea; Mozambique; Angola; CHAPTER 5 White-Minority Rule in Southern Africa, 1960-1990; South Africa and the United States (1960-90); Southern Rhodesia/Zimbabwe (1965-80); Namibia (1966-90); Destabilization in Southern Africa (1975-90); Southern Africas White-Minority Regimes: A Unique Case; CHAPTER 6 Conflict in the Horn, 1952-1993. |
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Ethiopia and the United StatesSomalia and the Soviet Union; The Somali-Ethiopian War, 1977-78; Ethiopia and the Soviet Union; Somalia and the United States; The Eritrean Independence War, 1961-93; CHAPTER 7 Frances Private African Domain, 1947-1991; Radical Nationalism, Decolonization, and the Cold War; Reform and Resistance; Neocolonialism in Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa; French Military Intervention in African Affairs; New Developments in the 1990s; CHAPTER 8 From the Cold War to the War on Terror, 1991-2010; Economic Decline, State Collapse, and Competition for the Spoils; Liberia. |
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SomaliaSudan; Zaire; The Global War on Terror (2001-10); Beyond the War on Terror; Conclusion; Index. |
| Summary |
Chronicles foreign political and military interventions in Africa from 1956 to 2010, helping readers understand the historical roots of Africa's problems. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Africa -- Foreign relations.
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Africa. |
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International relations. |
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Africa -- Politics and government.
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Politics and government. |
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Africa -- Foreign economic relations.
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International economic relations. |
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Insurgency -- Africa -- History.
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Insurgency. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Schmidt, Elizabeth. Foreign Intervention in Africa : From the Cold War to the War on Terror. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2013 9780521882385 |
| ISBN |
9781107308411 |
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1107308410 |
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9781107313965 (electronic book) |
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1107313961 (electronic book) |
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9781139021371 (electronic book) |
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1139021370 (electronic book) |
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0521709032 (electronic book) |
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9780521709033 (electronic book) |
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9781299006232 (MyiLibrary) |
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129900623X (MyiLibrary) |
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9781107306219 (e-book) |
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1107306213 (e-book) |
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9780521882385 (hardback) |
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0521882389 (hardback) |
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9780521709033 (paperback) |
| Standard No. |
40022179538 |
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