Historical Dictionary of Civil Wars in Africa

by Arnold Guy and Guy Arnold

Ever since the end of World War II, and even more so since 1960, when seventeen African colonies became independent of colonial rule, the African continent has been ravaged by a series of wars. These wars have ranged from liberation struggles against former colonial powers to power struggles between different factions in the aftermath of independence. They have ranged from border wars between newly independent states to civil wars between ethnic groups...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810857669
• ISBN13: 9780810857667
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 8.7"