Africa's armies: from honor to infamy ; a history from 1791 to the present
"In this chronicle of Africa's military history, Robert Edgerton starts in pre-colonial times, when armed forces or militias were essential to the maintenance and prosperity of their societies. Then, during the colonial era, African soldiers fought with death-defying courage, earning such...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "In this chronicle of Africa's military history, Robert Edgerton starts in pre-colonial times, when armed forces or militias were essential to the maintenance and prosperity of their societies. Then, during the colonial era, African soldiers fought with death-defying courage, earning such respect as warriors that they were often recruited into the colonial armies to not only enforce colonial rule in Africa, but to fight for the European homelands as well. After independence swept through Africa, African military seized political power in country after country, ruling dictatorially for their own benefit and for that of their kinsmen and cronies. The author describes the post-colonial civil wars that have devastated much of sub-Saharan Africa - catastrophes marked by genocide, famine, disease, economic collapse, and steadily declining life expectancy. He ends by describing the role that Africa's military forces can and must play if the future is to bring better times to the continent's many peoples and states."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Beschreibung: | VIII, 328 S. Ill., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 0813339472 |
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ARMIES
FROM HONOR TO INFAMY
A HISTORY FROM 1791 TO THE PRESENT
Robert B Edgerton
A Member of the Perseus Books Group
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• • • ; • • * • ; - •
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS V
INTRODUCTION VII
1 TRADITIONAL AFRICA BEFORE THE COLONIAL ERA I
2 AFRICAN RESISTANCE TO COLONIAL CONQUEST ? I
3 ARMED REBELLIONS AGAINST COLONIAL POWER 63
4 CIVIL WARS 99
5 MILITARY COUPS AND GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION 141
6 RWANDA, BURUNDI, AND GENOCIDE I 8 3
7 AFRICA TODAY AND TOMORROW 221
NOTES 259
REFERENCES 3S9
INDEX 3n
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