Africa: War and Conflict in the Twentieth Century Stapleton Timothy Trent University CanadaPaperback
This book examines the causes, course and consequences of warfare in twentieth century Africa, a period which spanned colonial rebellions, both World Wars, and the decolonization process. Timothy…
Specifikacia Africa: War and Conflict in the Twentieth Century Stapleton Timothy Trent University CanadaPaperback
This book examines the causes, course and consequences of warfare in twentieth century Africa, a period which spanned colonial rebellions, both World Wars, and the decolonization process. Timothy Stapleton contextualizes the essential debates and controversies surrounding African conflict in the twentieth century while providing insightful introductions to such conflicts as:African rebellions against colonial regimes in the early twentieth century, including the rebellion and infamous genocide of the Herero and Nama people in present-day Namibia;The African fronts of World War I and World War II, and the involvement of colonized African peoples in these global conflicts;Conflict surrounding the widespread decolonization of Africa in the 1950s and 1960s;Rebellion and civil war in Africa during the Cold