264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
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Since 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... Read more
Independence wars, 1950-1962; independence wars, 1962-1980; wars of integration and disintegration I, 1960-1980; Southern Africa to 1983; Southern Africa 1984-1997; wars of integration and disintegration II, 1980-1997.
Biography
Anthony Clayton
'Few of us, myself included, know much about war itself: Clayton does...there can be few better qualified than him for the grisly task,' - African Affairs
'A comprehensive and timely overview of warfare in Africa from 1950 to the present day ... the meticulously accurate appendices are clearly set out and combine to form a mini encyclopedic dictionary: from that perspective alone the volume is a tool worth having.' - The World Today
