Richard A. Lobban Jr., Chris H. Dalton

African Insurgencies (eBook, ePUB)

From the Colonial Era to the 21st Century

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Presenting a continent-wide comparative analysis of ethnic, political, and colonially based insurgencies, this text examines the causes, tactics, outcomes, and key individuals of African insurgent events and assesses a range of foreseeable outcomes in Africa's multiple regions of continuing political instability. Insurgencies continue to erupt in many nations of Africa. The techniques and intended purposes of today's insurgencies are evolutions of historical versions of insurgencies, long-standing strife among ethnic and political groups, and modern-era movements reflective of the ever-shrinking planet, leading to revolutions in the region. This book spans the African continent to address a diverse classification of insurgencies and revolutions, weaving them together thematically and enabling readers to make connections between their purposes, tactics, outcome, and impact. Providing researchers in African and security studies with a comprehensive body of work for further studies, this eminently readable work examines the many past and current insurgencies that have occurred in Africa, identifying their causes and predominantly common bases and rationales. Coauthored by an acclaimed scholar of African studies and a U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel with a master's degree in national security and strategic studies, this single-volume book provides an in-depth examination into the drivers, actors, tactics, weapons, intended outcomes, and sweeping consequences of the many events in Africa that have overturned existing rule or implemented rule where none existed-and in a few cases, resulted in stabilization of a nation. Readers will better understand the causal, contextual, tactical, ideological, and philosophical factors that launch insurgencies through coverage of pre-colonial insurgencies; anti-colonial resistance and national liberation movements; separatist and irredentist movements; reformist, revolutionary, and Islamist insurgencies; and genocide, warlord, and proxy insurgencies. The book's last chapter discusses how insurgent movements might be prevented through better governance, or contained or defeated with diplomatic and/or military means.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216043416
• Artikelnr.: 68164902

Autorenporträt

Richard A. Lobban, Jr. is chair and professor of anthropology and African studies at Rhode Island College and adjunct professor of African studies at the Naval War College in Newport, RI. He currently serves as the Executive Director of the Sudan Studies Association. He is the author or co-author of The Historical Dictionary of the Sudan, Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cape Verde, Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Middle Eastern Women in the 'Invisible' Economy, Cape Verde: Crioulo Colony to Independent Nation, and numerous articles and book chapters.