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100			_aSchmidt, Elizabeth, _d1955- _eauthor.
245			_a Foreign intervention in Africa : _bfrom the Cold War to the War on Terror / _cElizabeth Schmidt , Loyola University, Maryland ; foreword by William Minter.
264			_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_axviii, 267 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c24 cm.
490			_aNew approaches to African history ; _v 7
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aMachine generated contents note: Foreword William Minter; Acknowledg ments; Illustrations list; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Nationalism, decolonization, and the Cold War (1945-1991); 2. Egypt and Algeria: ra dical nationalism, nonalignment, and external intervention in North Afr ica (1952-1973); 3. The Congo crisis (1960-1965); 4. War and decoloniza tion in Portugal's African empire (1961-1975); 5. White minority rule i n Southern Africa (1960-1990); 6. Conflict in the Horn (1952-1993); 7. France's private African domain (1947-1991); 8. From the Cold War to th e War on Terror (1991-2010); Conclusion; Index.
520			_a"Foreign Intervention in Africa chronicles the foreign political and military interventions in Africa during the periods of decolonization (1956-1975) and the Cold War (1945-1991), as well as during the periods of state collapse (1991-2001) and the "global war on terror" (2001-201 0). In the first two periods, the most significant intervention was ext ra-continental. The United States, the Soviet Union, China, Cuba, and t he former colonial powers entangled themselves in countless African con flicts. During the period of state collapse, the most consequential int erventions were intra-continental. African governments, sometimes assis ted by powers outside the continent, supported warlords, dictators, and dissident movements in neighboring countries and fought for control of their neighbors' resources. The global war on terror, like the Cold Wa r, increased the foreign military presence on the African continent and generated external support for repressive governments. In each of thes e cases, external interests altered the dynamics of Africa's internal s truggles, escalating local conflicts into larger conflagrations, with d evastating effects on African peoples"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650			_aInsurgency _zAfrica _xHistory.
651			_aAfrica _xForeign relations.
651			_aAfrica _xPolitics and government.
651			_aAfrica _xForeign economic relations.
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