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Foreign Intervention In Africa

Paperback • 2013 • English

Foreign Intervention In Africa: From the Cold War to the War on Terror

By Elizabeth Schmidt

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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, th...Show more

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9780521709033

Published year

2013

Language

English

Original title

Foreign Intervention In Africa

Format

Paperback

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