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Mercenaries [[electronic resource] ] : an African security dilemma / / edited by Abdel-Fatau Musah and J. ʻKayode Fayemi ; foreword by Lord Avebury
| Mercenaries [[electronic resource] ] : an African security dilemma / / edited by Abdel-Fatau Musah and J. ʻKayode Fayemi ; foreword by Lord Avebury |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Sterling, Va., : Pluto Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
| Disciplina | 960.3/2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MusahAbdel-Fatau
FayemiKayode |
| Soggetto topico | Mercenary troops - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-84964-039-4
0-585-42670-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Contents ""; ""About the Centre for Democracy and Development ""; ""Programme on Conflict Management, Regional Security & Peacebuilding ""; ""Foreword ""; ""Acknowledgements ""; ""Abbreviations and Acronyms ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Brief Overview of the African Encounter with Mercenarism ""; ""Structure of Book ""; ""Synopsis ""; ""Introduction Notes ""; ""1. Africa in Search of Security: Mercenaries and Conflicts An Overview ""; ""What is Mercenarism? ""; ""Political Context of Mercenary Activities in Africa during the Cold War ""; ""The Mercenary Agenda in Contemporary Africa ""
""What Future for Mercenarism? """"Re-conceptualising the Security Environment ""; ""Improving the Legal Frameworks of Mercenarism: Between Regulation and Redundancy ""; ""Conclusion ""; ""Notes Chapter 1 ""; ""2. Private Military Companies and African Security 1990 98 ""; ""PMCs and the 'New World Order' ""; ""PMCs before 1990 ""; ""EO in 1990-92 ""; ""PMCs in Angola 1993-97 ""; ""PMCs in Central Africa 1996-1998 ""; ""PMCs in Angola and Sierra Leone 1998 ""; ""Other PMC Activity in Africa ""; ""PMCs in South Africa since 1991 "" ""Executive Outcomes and Branch- Heritage: The EO- Branch Network """"The Branch- Heritage Group ""; ""Strategic Resources Corporation ""; ""Plaza 107 Ltd ""; ""Links between the Branch- Heritage group and Executive Outcomes ""; ""Conclusion ""; ""Note on Sources ""; ""Notes Chapter 2 ""; ""3. A Country Under Siege: State Decay and Corporate Military Intervention in Sierra Leone ""; ""Early Private Security in the Political Economy of Sierra Leone ""; ""Sierra Leone A Portrait ""; ""The Colonial Imprint ""; ""Military/ Defence Structures in Sierra Leone "" ""The Anatomy of State Collapse """"Economic Decline and Mounting Tensions ""; ""Challenges to the Neocolonial State ""; ""Emergence of the Revolutionary United Front ""; ""The Gurkha Security Guards ""; ""Executive Outcomes ""; ""The Peace Agreement ""; ""Post- Election Traumas ""; ""The Price of EO intervention ""; ""Corporate Mercenaries in the Kabbah Administration s Strategic Thinking ""; ""Reactions to the 25 May Coup ""; ""The Plot behind an African Coup ""; ""Sandline International ""; ""Motives behind the Assault Partnership "" ""The Vultures Swoop: A Country under Mercenary Occupation """"Is Sierra Leone any Closer to Peace and Democracy? ""; ""Weapons Continue to Dominate Sierra Leone ""; ""Conclusion: Winners and Losers ""; ""Notes Chapter 3 ""; ""4. The Hand of War: Mercenaries in the Former Zaire 1996 97 ""; ""The Congo as Cradle of Modern-day Mercenarism in Africa ""; ""The Revolutionary Wind of Change, 1996 ""; ""War in Eastern Zaire and the First Tutsi- led Rebellion ""; ""Mercenaries for Mobutu ""; ""War Bonanza ""; ""Executive Outcomes ""; ""Confusion in Kinshasa "" ""Western European Forces under Christian Tavernier "" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780201303321 |
| London ; ; Sterling, Va., : Pluto Press, 2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mercenaries [[electronic resource] ] : an African security dilemma / / edited by Abdel-Fatau Musah and J. ʻKayode Fayemi ; foreword by Lord Avebury
| Mercenaries [[electronic resource] ] : an African security dilemma / / edited by Abdel-Fatau Musah and J. ʻKayode Fayemi ; foreword by Lord Avebury |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Sterling, Va., : Pluto Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
| Disciplina | 960.3/2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MusahAbdel-Fatau
FayemiKayode |
| Soggetto topico | Mercenary troops - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-84964-039-4
0-585-42670-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Contents ""; ""About the Centre for Democracy and Development ""; ""Programme on Conflict Management, Regional Security & Peacebuilding ""; ""Foreword ""; ""Acknowledgements ""; ""Abbreviations and Acronyms ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Brief Overview of the African Encounter with Mercenarism ""; ""Structure of Book ""; ""Synopsis ""; ""Introduction Notes ""; ""1. Africa in Search of Security: Mercenaries and Conflicts An Overview ""; ""What is Mercenarism? ""; ""Political Context of Mercenary Activities in Africa during the Cold War ""; ""The Mercenary Agenda in Contemporary Africa ""
""What Future for Mercenarism? """"Re-conceptualising the Security Environment ""; ""Improving the Legal Frameworks of Mercenarism: Between Regulation and Redundancy ""; ""Conclusion ""; ""Notes Chapter 1 ""; ""2. Private Military Companies and African Security 1990 98 ""; ""PMCs and the 'New World Order' ""; ""PMCs before 1990 ""; ""EO in 1990-92 ""; ""PMCs in Angola 1993-97 ""; ""PMCs in Central Africa 1996-1998 ""; ""PMCs in Angola and Sierra Leone 1998 ""; ""Other PMC Activity in Africa ""; ""PMCs in South Africa since 1991 "" ""Executive Outcomes and Branch- Heritage: The EO- Branch Network """"The Branch- Heritage Group ""; ""Strategic Resources Corporation ""; ""Plaza 107 Ltd ""; ""Links between the Branch- Heritage group and Executive Outcomes ""; ""Conclusion ""; ""Note on Sources ""; ""Notes Chapter 2 ""; ""3. A Country Under Siege: State Decay and Corporate Military Intervention in Sierra Leone ""; ""Early Private Security in the Political Economy of Sierra Leone ""; ""Sierra Leone A Portrait ""; ""The Colonial Imprint ""; ""Military/ Defence Structures in Sierra Leone "" ""The Anatomy of State Collapse """"Economic Decline and Mounting Tensions ""; ""Challenges to the Neocolonial State ""; ""Emergence of the Revolutionary United Front ""; ""The Gurkha Security Guards ""; ""Executive Outcomes ""; ""The Peace Agreement ""; ""Post- Election Traumas ""; ""The Price of EO intervention ""; ""Corporate Mercenaries in the Kabbah Administration s Strategic Thinking ""; ""Reactions to the 25 May Coup ""; ""The Plot behind an African Coup ""; ""Sandline International ""; ""Motives behind the Assault Partnership "" ""The Vultures Swoop: A Country under Mercenary Occupation """"Is Sierra Leone any Closer to Peace and Democracy? ""; ""Weapons Continue to Dominate Sierra Leone ""; ""Conclusion: Winners and Losers ""; ""Notes Chapter 3 ""; ""4. The Hand of War: Mercenaries in the Former Zaire 1996 97 ""; ""The Congo as Cradle of Modern-day Mercenarism in Africa ""; ""The Revolutionary Wind of Change, 1996 ""; ""War in Eastern Zaire and the First Tutsi- led Rebellion ""; ""Mercenaries for Mobutu ""; ""War Bonanza ""; ""Executive Outcomes ""; ""Confusion in Kinshasa "" ""Western European Forces under Christian Tavernier "" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821396403321 |
| London ; ; Sterling, Va., : Pluto Press, 2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Portuguese Colonial War and the African Liberation Struggles / / Miguel Cardina, editor
| Portuguese Colonial War and the African Liberation Struggles / / Miguel Cardina, editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 325.3469096 |
| Collana | Memory studies: global constellations |
| Soggetto topico | National liberation movements - Africa, Portuguese-speaking Historiography |
| ISBN |
1-000-99071-0
1-003-39692-5 1-00-339692-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction / Miguel Cardina -- Portugal, colonial aphasia and the public memory of war / Miguel Cardina -- Politics of memory and silence: Angola's liberation struggle in postcolonial times / Vasco Martins -- The liberation struggle and the politics of heroism in Mozambique: the war veterans as remains of memory / Nata´lia Bueno and Bruno Sena Martins -- Mantenhas para quem luta! : Evoking the liberation struggle in postcolonial Guinea-Bissau / Ine^s Nascimento Rodrigues -- Monuments to the colonial war: a 60-year portrait / Andre´ Caiado -- Memoryscapes of the liberation struggle in Cape Verde / Miguel Cardina and Ine^s Nascimento Rodrigues -- Historical controversies, netoscapes and public memory in Luanda / Vasco Martins -- The past is (not) another country: discursive dynamics and representations of the colonial war in digital space / Vero´nica Ferreira -- Transitional justice mechanisms and memory : a look into Mozambique's liberation war narrative / Nata´lia Bueno -- Western representations of the liberation struggle in Guinea-Bissau / Teresa Almeida Cravo -- Who is the combatant? A diachronic reading based on Cape Verde and Sa~o Tome´ e Pri´ncipe / Ine^s Nascimento Rodrigues and Miguel Cardina -- The subaltern pasts of the Portuguese colonial war and the liberation struggles: memories in search of a homeland / Bruno Sena Martins. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910741327003321 |
| Abingdon, Oxon : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2024 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The post-colonial state in Africa [[electronic resource] ] : fifty years of independence, 1960-2010 / / Crawford Young
| The post-colonial state in Africa [[electronic resource] ] : fifty years of independence, 1960-2010 / / Crawford Young |
| Autore | Young Crawford <1931-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (489 p.) |
| Disciplina | 960.3/2 |
| Collana | Africa and the diaspora : history, politics, culture |
| Soggetto topico | Postcolonialism - Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-299-29143-X
1-299-19235-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Setting the frame -- pt. 2. Itineraries : three cycles of hope and disappointment -- pt. 3. Themes and conclusions. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452545803321 |
Young Crawford <1931->
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| Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The post-colonial state in Africa [[electronic resource] ] : fifty years of independence, 1960-2010 / / Crawford Young
| The post-colonial state in Africa [[electronic resource] ] : fifty years of independence, 1960-2010 / / Crawford Young |
| Autore | Young Crawford <1931-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (489 p.) |
| Disciplina | 960.3/2 |
| Collana | Africa and the diaspora : history, politics, culture |
| Soggetto topico | Postcolonialism - Africa |
| ISBN |
0-299-29143-X
1-299-19235-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Setting the frame -- pt. 2. Itineraries : three cycles of hope and disappointment -- pt. 3. Themes and conclusions. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779428003321 |
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| Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The post-colonial state in Africa [[electronic resource] ] : fifty years of independence, 1960-2010 / / Crawford Young
| The post-colonial state in Africa [[electronic resource] ] : fifty years of independence, 1960-2010 / / Crawford Young |
| Autore | Young Crawford <1931-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (489 p.) |
| Disciplina | 960.3/2 |
| Collana | Africa and the diaspora : history, politics, culture |
| Soggetto topico | Postcolonialism - Africa |
| ISBN |
0-299-29143-X
1-299-19235-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Setting the frame -- pt. 2. Itineraries : three cycles of hope and disappointment -- pt. 3. Themes and conclusions. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825431203321 |
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Young Crawford <1931->
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| Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Southern African Liberation Movements and the Global Cold War 'East' : Transnational Activism 1960-1990 / / Lena Dallywater, Chris Saunders, Helder Adegar Fonseca
| Southern African Liberation Movements and the Global Cold War 'East' : Transnational Activism 1960-1990 / / Lena Dallywater, Chris Saunders, Helder Adegar Fonseca |
| Autore | Dallywater Lena |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | De Gruyter, 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 202 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 322.420968 |
| Collana | Dialectics of the Global |
| Soggetto topico | National liberation movements - Africa, Southern |
| Soggetto genere / forma | History |
| ISBN |
3-11-064296-4
3-11-063938-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Southern African Liberation Movements and the Global Cold War "East": Transnational Activism 1960-1990 -- Hubs of Decolonization. African Liberation Movements and "Eastern" Connections in Cairo, Accra, and Dar es Salaam -- SWAPO's "Eastern" Connections, 1966-1989 -- GDR Solidarity with the ANC of South Africa -- The Military Training of Angolan Guerrillas in Socialist Countries: A Prosopographical Approach, 1961-1974 -- "Letters from Angola": Soviet Print Media and the Liberation of Angola and Mozambique, 1961-1975 -- Comrades in Arms: Yugoslav Military Aid to Liberation Movements of Angola and Mozambique, 1961-1976 -- Southern African Students in Southeast Europe: Education and Experiences in 1960s Yugoslavia -- Biographical Notes -- Subject Index |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996360038103316 |
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| De Gruyter, 2019 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Southern African Liberation Movements and the Global Cold War 'East' : Transnational Activism 1960-1990 / / Lena Dallywater, Chris Saunders, Helder Adegar Fonseca
| Southern African Liberation Movements and the Global Cold War 'East' : Transnational Activism 1960-1990 / / Lena Dallywater, Chris Saunders, Helder Adegar Fonseca |
| Autore | Dallywater Lena |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | De Gruyter, 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 202 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 322.420968 |
| Collana | Dialectics of the Global |
| Soggetto topico | National liberation movements - Africa, Southern |
| Soggetto genere / forma | History |
| ISBN |
3-11-064296-4
3-11-063938-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Southern African Liberation Movements and the Global Cold War "East": Transnational Activism 1960-1990 -- Hubs of Decolonization. African Liberation Movements and "Eastern" Connections in Cairo, Accra, and Dar es Salaam -- SWAPO's "Eastern" Connections, 1966-1989 -- GDR Solidarity with the ANC of South Africa -- The Military Training of Angolan Guerrillas in Socialist Countries: A Prosopographical Approach, 1961-1974 -- "Letters from Angola": Soviet Print Media and the Liberation of Angola and Mozambique, 1961-1975 -- Comrades in Arms: Yugoslav Military Aid to Liberation Movements of Angola and Mozambique, 1961-1976 -- Southern African Students in Southeast Europe: Education and Experiences in 1960s Yugoslavia -- Biographical Notes -- Subject Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910424629203321 |
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| De Gruyter, 2019 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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United Nations peacekeeping in Africa since 1960 / / Norrie Macqueen
| United Nations peacekeeping in Africa since 1960 / / Norrie Macqueen |
| Autore | MacQueen Norrie <1950-, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (323 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.3/57/096 |
| Collana | The Postwar World |
| Soggetto topico |
Peacekeeping forces - History
International organization - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-138-14447-9
1-315-83859-1 1-317-87734-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; EDITORIAL FOREWORD; CONTENTS; Maps; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Acknowledgements; 1. The Setting: The History, Politics and Law of United Nations Engagement with Africa; The elusive concept of 'peacekeeping'; The external state: Africa and the international system; The internal state: post-colonial trajectories in Africa; System and state in collision: order in African international relations; A typology of UN peacekeeping in Africa; 2. Patrolling the Ethnic Frontier: Central Africa; Beginnings: the Congo, 1960-64; Spectators to genocide: Rwanda, 1993-96
Back to the Congo, 1999-Taking over: the Central African Republic, 1998-2000; 3. Managing Delayed Decolonization: Southern Africa; Linked withdrawal: Namibia and Angola, 1988-91; Failure in Angola, 1991-99; Success in Mozambique, 1992-94; 4. Controlling the Warlords: West Africa; Supervision and legitimization: Liberia, 1993-97; The slippery slope: Sierra Leone, 1998-; 5. Reconstructing and Defining the Post-Cold War State: The Horn of Africa; Making bad worse? Somalia, 1992-95; Textbook peacekeeping? Ethiopia and Eritrea, 2000-; 6. Making Borders: Trans-Saharan Africa Supervising intransigence: Western Sahara, 1991-A perfect miniature: Chad, 1994; 7. Conclusions: 'Firing into a Continent' - or Making a Difference?; Appendix I: Chronology; Appendix II: UN Peacekeeping Operations in Africa; Bibliography and Further Reading; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464628803321 |
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MacQueen Norrie <1950-, >
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| Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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United Nations peacekeeping in Africa since 1960 / / Norrie Macqueen
| United Nations peacekeeping in Africa since 1960 / / Norrie Macqueen |
| Autore | MacQueen Norrie <1950-, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (323 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.3/57/096 |
| Collana | The Postwar World |
| Soggetto topico |
Peacekeeping forces - History
International organization - History |
| ISBN |
1-317-87733-0
1-138-14447-9 1-315-83859-1 1-317-87734-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; EDITORIAL FOREWORD; CONTENTS; Maps; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Acknowledgements; 1. The Setting: The History, Politics and Law of United Nations Engagement with Africa; The elusive concept of 'peacekeeping'; The external state: Africa and the international system; The internal state: post-colonial trajectories in Africa; System and state in collision: order in African international relations; A typology of UN peacekeeping in Africa; 2. Patrolling the Ethnic Frontier: Central Africa; Beginnings: the Congo, 1960-64; Spectators to genocide: Rwanda, 1993-96
Back to the Congo, 1999-Taking over: the Central African Republic, 1998-2000; 3. Managing Delayed Decolonization: Southern Africa; Linked withdrawal: Namibia and Angola, 1988-91; Failure in Angola, 1991-99; Success in Mozambique, 1992-94; 4. Controlling the Warlords: West Africa; Supervision and legitimization: Liberia, 1993-97; The slippery slope: Sierra Leone, 1998-; 5. Reconstructing and Defining the Post-Cold War State: The Horn of Africa; Making bad worse? Somalia, 1992-95; Textbook peacekeeping? Ethiopia and Eritrea, 2000-; 6. Making Borders: Trans-Saharan Africa Supervising intransigence: Western Sahara, 1991-A perfect miniature: Chad, 1994; 7. Conclusions: 'Firing into a Continent' - or Making a Difference?; Appendix I: Chronology; Appendix II: UN Peacekeeping Operations in Africa; Bibliography and Further Reading; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786778303321 |
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MacQueen Norrie <1950-, >
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| Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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