02505nam 2200541 a 450 991081298400332120200520144314.01-135-36388-90-203-15861-X1-280-40063-30-203-00670-49786610400638(CKB)1000000000250134(EBL)165212(OCoLC)437073490(MiAaPQ)EBC165212(EXLCZ)99100000000025013419981207d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFrontiersmen warfare in Africa since 1950 /Anthony ClaytonLondon UCL Press19991 online resource (260 p.)Warfare and historyDescription based upon print version of record.1-85728-524-7 Bibliography: p227-229. - Includes index.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; IndexSince 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 oWarfare and history.WarMilitary art and scienceAfricaHistory20th centuryAfricaHistory, MilitaryAfricaHistory20th centuryWar.Military art and scienceHistory355.0209609045Clayton Anthony1928-243126MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812984003321Frontiersmen1300958UNINA