LEADER 03527nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910781138103321 005 20100528142151.0 010 $a979-84-00-66648-3 010 $a1-282-96357-0 010 $a9786612963575 010 $a0-313-35972-5 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400666483 035 $a(OCoLC)701796537 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL4ESV 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC678371 035 $a(OCoLC)320193377 035 $a(DLC)BP9798400666483BC 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000019822 100 $a20100312e20102024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHot spot $eSub-Saharan Africa /$fToyin Falola and Adebayo O. Oyebade 210 1$aSanta Barbara, Calif. :$cGreenwood,$dc2010. 210 2$aNew York :$cBloomsbury Publishing (US),$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (xxiii, 200 pages) $cmaps 225 1 $aHot spot histories 300 $aDescription based on print version record. 311 $a0-313-35971-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Brief Historical Overview""""Ethnicity, Politics, and Conflict""; ""The Military in Politics""; ""Minority Uprising and Communal Violence""; ""The Crisis of Governance""; ""Chapter 4: Southern Africa""; ""Southern Africa and Conflict in Historical Perspective""; ""White Minority Regimes and Liberation Struggle: Rhodesia and South West Africa""; ""Racial Oppression and Violent Resistance in South Africa""; ""Civil Wars in Angola and Mozambique""; ""The Cold War, South Africa, and Regional Conflict""; ""Chapter 5: East Africa and the Great Lakes Region""; ""Ethiopiaa???s Wars and Red Terror"" 327 $a""Eritrea""""Somalia: A Failed State""; ""Piracy in the Horn""; ""Civil Wars in Sudan""; ""Terrorism""; ""Uganda""; ""Conflicts in the Great Lakes: Rwanda, Burundi, and Democratic Republic of Congo""; ""Appendix: Independence Dates for African States""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z"" 330 $a Conflict has been a critical factor in the making of contemporary Africa, and its study is key to understanding the continent's tortuous history. Hot Spot: Sub-Saharan Africa analyzes the area's major, post-independence conflicts intense enough to threaten national, regional, or international security. This work defines conflict broadly to encompass political instability and state failure, ethno-religious tensions, government and political corruption, economic mismanagement and poverty, cult violence, and youth gangsterism. Thematically organized chapters examine the origins and developmen 410 0$aHot spot histories. 606 $aEthnic conflict$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 606 $aPolitical stability$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 606 $aPolitical violence$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 606 $aPolitical violence$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 607 $aAfrica, Sub-Saharan$xPolitics and government 615 0$aEthnic conflict 615 0$aPolitical stability 615 0$aPolitical violence 615 0$aPolitical violence 676 $a967.03/2 700 $aFalola$b Toyin$0661412 701 $aOyebade$b Adebayo$01586717 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781138103321 996 $aHot spot$93873548 997 $aUNINA