Foreign intervention in Africa : from the Cold War to the War on Terror / Elizabeth Schmidt, Loyola University, Maryland ; foreword by William Minter.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Abbreviations; Introduction; Historical Background: Situating the Book; Focus of the Book; Organization of the Book; CHAPTER 1 Nationalism, Decolonization, and the Cold War, 1945-1991; Imperial Actors; Cold War Actors; The Case Studies; CHAPTER 2 Egypt and Algeria Radical Nationalism, Nonalignment, and External Intervention in North Africa, 1952-1973; Egypt, 1952-73; Algeria and Francophone North Africa, 1954-62; CHAPTER 3 The Congo Crisis, 1960-1965; The Crisis of 1960-61; The Crisis of 1964-65.

CHAPTER 4 War and Decolonization in Portugals African Empire, 1961-1975The National Liberation Movements; External Actors; The United States and Portugal: The Shifting Alliance; African Battlegrounds: Portuguese Guinea, Mozambique, and Angola; Portuguese Guinea; Mozambique; Angola; CHAPTER 5 White-Minority Rule in Southern Africa, 1960-1990; South Africa and the United States (1960-90); Southern Rhodesia/Zimbabwe (1965-80); Namibia (1966-90); Destabilization in Southern Africa (1975-90); Southern Africas White-Minority Regimes: A Unique Case; CHAPTER 6 Conflict in the Horn, 1952-1993.

Ethiopia and the United StatesSomalia and the Soviet Union; The Somali-Ethiopian War, 1977-78; Ethiopia and the Soviet Union; Somalia and the United States; The Eritrean Independence War, 1961-93; CHAPTER 7 Frances Private African Domain, 1947-1991; Radical Nationalism, Decolonization, and the Cold War; Reform and Resistance; Neocolonialism in Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa; French Military Intervention in African Affairs; New Developments in the 1990s; CHAPTER 8 From the Cold War to the War on Terror, 1991-2010; Economic Decline, State Collapse, and Competition for the Spoils; Liberia.

SomaliaSudan; Zaire; The Global War on Terror (2001-10); Beyond the War on Terror; Conclusion; Index.

Chronicles foreign political and military interventions in Africa from 1956 to 2010, helping readers understand the historical roots of Africa's problems.

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