Nathaniel K Powell

France's Wars in Chad

Military Intervention and Decolonization in Africa

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 383
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9781108738620
• ISBN-10: 1108738621
• Artikelnr.: 64226358

Autorenporträt

Nathaniel K. Powell is an historian focusing on the history of postcolonial Franco-African relations. Awarded his PhD from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Geneva, he has published extensively on the history of postcolonial Franco-African relations and on French military interventions in Africa.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: 1. 'Experts in decolonization'
2. Limousin
3. The claustre affair
4. The empire strikes back: French intervention and return to war
5. The return of Habré
6. Nigeria enters the scene
7. The decline and fall of the central African empire
8. Libya invades
9. Endgame
Conclusions: The collapse of a neocolonial order
References
Index.