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200 10$aFrontiersmen$b[electronic resource] $eWarfare In Africa Since 1950
210   $aHoboken $cTaylor and Francis$d2002
215   $a1 online resource (260 p.)
225 1 $aWarfare and History
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-85728-524-7 
327   $aBook 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
330   $aSince 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
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