Modern African Wars (4): The Congo 1960-2002

by Peter Abbott

From Belgian and French paratroops to Che Guevara and CIA funded Cuban B-26 pilots, the Congo has been a hotbed of African conflict in the late 20th century.
When the colonial powers began retreating from Africa in the 1950s and 1960s, the Belgian Congo/Zaire became the bloodiest, most chaotic example of 'how not to do it', and has remained so ever since. A vast region with huge mineral wealth, abandoned in 1960 with virtually no infrastructure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782000763
• ISBN13: 9781782000761
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.1" x 9.5"