Africa : war and conflict in the twentieth century / Timothy Stapleton.

By:

Stapleton, Timothy J. (Timothy Joseph), 1967- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Seminar studies in historyPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2018Description: xx, 202 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781138281950 (hbk)
1138281956 (hbk)
1138281964 (pbk)
9781138281967 (pbk)

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DDC classification:

960 23 S.T.A

LOC classification:

DT21.5 .S727 2018

Contents:

Introduction: background and context -- pt. 2. War and conflict in Africa (1900-45): Wars of colonial conquest (1900 -- 36); Africa and the World Wars (1914-18 and 1939-45) -- pt. 3. War and conflict in Africa (1945-2000): Decolonization wars (1945-90); Post-colonial civil wars (1955-2000); Post-colonial inter-state conflicts (c. 1960-2000) -- pt. 4. Documents: Peace Treaty of Vereeniging, May 31, 1902; The South African concentration camps; The Konigsberg in East Africa; Haile Selassie, appeal to the League of Nations; Manifesto of Umkhonto we Sizwe; British attitudes toward Mau Mau insurgents; Biafran Declaration of Independence, 1967; Rwandan genocide; The Kagera War; First Congo War -- Glossary -- Bibliography.

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Main library B12	Faculty of Economics & Political (Political)	960 S.T.A (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00015213

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-193) and index.

Introduction: background and context --
pt. 2. War and conflict in Africa (1900-45): Wars of colonial conquest (1900 --
36); Africa and the World Wars (1914-18 and 1939-45) --
pt. 3. War and conflict in Africa (1945-2000): Decolonization wars (1945-90); Post-colonial civil wars (1955-2000); Post-colonial inter-state conflicts (c. 1960-2000) --
pt. 4. Documents: Peace Treaty of Vereeniging, May 31, 1902; The South African concentration camps; The Konigsberg in East Africa; Haile Selassie, appeal to the League of Nations; Manifesto of Umkhonto we Sizwe; British attitudes toward Mau Mau insurgents; Biafran Declaration of Independence, 1967; Rwandan genocide; The Kagera War; First Congo War --
Glossary --
Bibliography.

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.

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