Foreign intervention in Africa : from the Cold War to the War on Terror / / Elizabeth Schmidt , Loyola University, Maryland ; foreword by William Minter [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Schmidt Elizabeth <1955->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 267 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 327.6009/045
• Soggetto topico: Insurgency - Africa - History
• Soggetto geografico: Africa Foreign relations; Africa Politics and government; Africa Foreign economic relations
• Classificazione: HIS001000
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: Foreword William Minter; Acknowledgments; Illustrations list; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Nationalism, decolonization, and the Cold War (1945-1991); 2. Egypt and Algeria: radical nationalism, nonalignment, and external intervention in North Africa (1952-1973); 3. The Congo crisis (1960-1965); 4. War and decolonization in Portugal's African empire (1961-1975); 5. White minority rule in Southern Africa (1960-1990); 6. Conflict in the Horn (1952-1993); 7. France's private African domain (1947-1991); 8. From the Cold War to the War on Terror (1991-2010); Conclusion; Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Foreign Intervention in Africa chronicles the foreign political and military interventions in Africa from 1956 to 2010, during the periods of decolonisation and the Cold War, as well as during the periods of state collapse and the 'global war on terror'. In the first two periods, the most significant intervention was extra-continental. The USA, the Soviet Union, China, Cuba and the former colonial powers entangled themselves in countless African conflicts. During the period of state collapse, the most consequential interventions were intra-continental. African governments, sometimes assisted by powers outside the continent, supported warlords, dictators and dissident movements in neighbouring countries and fought for control of their neighbours' resources. The global war on terror, like the Cold War, increased foreign military presence on the African continent and generated external support for repressive governments. In each of these cases, external interests altered the dynamics of Africa's internal struggles, escalating local conflicts into larger conflagrations, with devastating effects on African peoples.
• Titolo autorizzato: Foreign intervention in Africa
• ISBN: 1-107-30113-0; 1-107-30222-6; 1-107-31396-1; 1-139-02137-0; 1-107-25530-9; 1-107-30841-0; 1-107-30621-3; 1-107-31176-4; 1-299-00623-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779463903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New approaches to African history ; ; 7.