1st Edition
African Navies Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Introduction
Timothy Stapleton
1. Sailing on Cold War Tides: The Founding of the Tanzania Naval Command
Charles Thomas
2. A Forgotten Fleet: The Imperial Ethiopian Navy, 1953-1974
Quentin Holbert
3. The Origins of the Nigerian and Ghana Navies (c.1930-1960)
Timothy Stapleton
4. A Comparative Study of the Nigerian and Biafran Navies During the Nigerian Civil War (1967-70)
Lawrence Okechukwu Udeagbala
5. The Cold War Soviet Navy in Sub-Saharan African Waters: From the Republic of Guinea to Angola and Mozambique
Alexander Hill
6. India’s Ocean: Indian Maritime Diplomacy in the African Maritime Domain
Lisa Otto
7. A New Navy for a New South Africa? Historical Background and Context, Developments and Challenges, 1994-2019
Andre Wessels
8. Non-South African SADC Navies and Maritime Security in the post-Cold War Era: Angola and Mozambique
Enoch Ndawana
9. African Navies in the Twenty-First Century
Alexander Hill and Timothy Stapleton
Conclusion
Timothy Stapleton
Biography
Tim Stapleton is Professor in the Department of History, University of Calgary, Canada. He has held academic positions in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia, and Nigeria. His most recent books include Africa: War and Conflict in the Twentieth Century (2018).
'Stapleton has assembled a talented set of authors to produce a trail-blazing book on the African navies. In this original work, we begin to understand the creation and uses of the navies, their contributions over time, and their interactions with other navies, such as those of India and the Soviet Union. Full of policy recommendations, it will be read in naval and military academies, with ideas passed down to policymakers on reforms and transformations.'
Toyin Falola, University of Texas, USA
