Mark Huband

The Skull Beneath The Skin

Africa After The Cold War

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Explores the politics, culture, religion and likely future of the African continent after the Cold War.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 406
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Januar 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9780813341125
• ISBN-10: 0813341124
• Artikelnr.: 21499751

Autorenporträt

MARK HUBAND has reported from Africa and the Middle East for the past 12 years. His books include Warriors of the Prophet: The Struggle for Islam (Westview 1998). He is now security correspondent for the Financial Times (London).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Prologue
Part One Empty Promises
Sell the Silver
Steal the Gold: Mobutu and Zaire
The Skull Beneath the Skin: Angola and the Cold War
Great Game
Dirty Game: The United States and Liberia
Part Two The Time of the Soldier
Whispers and Screams: Tribes and Armies in Burundi
A City on the Lake: The Creation of Hutu and Tutsi
Juggling the Juntas: Zaire
Nigeria
and Military Rule
The Deadly Harvest: Liberia At War
Part Three Blood of the Ancestors
Myths
Chiefs
and Churches: Rwanda
Genocide
The Spit of the Toad: Zaire
Kenya
and the Abuse of Tradition
Part Four New World
Old Order
"Rogue" States and Radicals: The United States and Sudan
The Mogadishu Line: The United Nations and Somalia
France
Africa
and a Place Called Fashoda
Epilogue: The Center Cannot Hold
Notes
Bibliography
Index