Wars in the Third World since 1945. (2016)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Wars in the Third World since 1945. (2016)
- Main Title:
- Wars in the Third World since 1945
- Further Information:
- Note: Guy Arnold.
- Authors:
- Arnold, Guy
- Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Bibliographical note; PART I Colonial liberation wars; Introduction; AFRICA; Algeria: the independence struggle; Angola: the liberation struggle; Cameroon: radical opposition revolt; Cape Verde: the independence struggle; Egypt: the end of British 'control'; Ethiopia: three colonial wars; Guinea-Bissau: war of liberation against Portugal; Kenya: Mau Mauuprising; Madagascar: nationalist revolt; Mozambique: war of liberation against Portugal; Namibia: the independence struggle; Tunisia: an end to colonialism 1952-1962. Western Sahara: desert warZimbabwe: war of independence; THE MIDDLE EAST; Cyprus: enosis, independence, communal strife; The Kurds: an endless war; Oman: British trucial obligations; Aden: outpost of empire; ASIA AND THE PACIFIC; Brunei: rebellion 1962-1963; Indonesia: the independence struggle; Malaya: the Communist emergency 1948-1960; New Caledonia: settler colonialism; Vanuatu: a small disturbance; THE AMERICAS; Anguilla: comic opera; The Falklands War; PART II Big power intervention wars; Introduction; AFRICA; Central African Republic 1979; Gabon: a French military base. The East African army mutinies 1964Libya: an American attack; ASIA; Afghanistan: strategy versus Islam; Korea 1950-1953: Cold War pawns; Vietnam: the thirty years' war; THE AMERICAS; Cuba: a very close thing; The Dominican Republic: American intervention; Grenada: mini-state revolution and US intervention; Panama: exitCover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Bibliographical note; PART I Colonial liberation wars; Introduction; AFRICA; Algeria: the independence struggle; Angola: the liberation struggle; Cameroon: radical opposition revolt; Cape Verde: the independence struggle; Egypt: the end of British 'control'; Ethiopia: three colonial wars; Guinea-Bissau: war of liberation against Portugal; Kenya: Mau Mauuprising; Madagascar: nationalist revolt; Mozambique: war of liberation against Portugal; Namibia: the independence struggle; Tunisia: an end to colonialism 1952-1962. Western Sahara: desert warZimbabwe: war of independence; THE MIDDLE EAST; Cyprus: enosis, independence, communal strife; The Kurds: an endless war; Oman: British trucial obligations; Aden: outpost of empire; ASIA AND THE PACIFIC; Brunei: rebellion 1962-1963; Indonesia: the independence struggle; Malaya: the Communist emergency 1948-1960; New Caledonia: settler colonialism; Vanuatu: a small disturbance; THE AMERICAS; Anguilla: comic opera; The Falklands War; PART II Big power intervention wars; Introduction; AFRICA; Central African Republic 1979; Gabon: a French military base. The East African army mutinies 1964Libya: an American attack; ASIA; Afghanistan: strategy versus Islam; Korea 1950-1953: Cold War pawns; Vietnam: the thirty years' war; THE AMERICAS; Cuba: a very close thing; The Dominican Republic: American intervention; Grenada: mini-state revolution and US intervention; Panama: exit Noriega; PART III Border wars and wars between Third World countries; Introduction; AFRICA; Burkina Faso: the five-day war, December 1985; Chad: Civil wars and Libyan expansionism; Guinea: a mini-invasion; Kenya-Somalia: the Shifta war; The Ogaden war 1977-1978. The Seychelles: a botched coupSouth Africa: destabilizing its neighbours; Tanzania and Uganda: the fall of Amin 1978-1979; Zaire: the two Shaba wars 1977 and 1978; THE MIDDLE EAST; The Gulf War: Iran and Iraq 1980-1988; North Yemen and South Yemen: border wars; ASIA; China: adjustment wars in Tibet, India and Vietnam 1950-1989; India-Pakistan: wars 1948, 1965 and 1971; Indonesia: confrontation with Malaysia 1963-1966; Kampuchea/Cambodia: border war, civil war, Vietnam invasion; THE AMERICAS; Costa Rica: the Nicaragua war; El Salvador-Honduras: the Soccer War 1969. Honduras: the USA and Contra basesPART IV Israel and its neighbours; Introduction; The Suez War 1956; The Six Day War 1967; The Yom Kippur War 1973; Jordan: the Palestinian uprising 1970; The Israeli invasion of Lebanon 1982; Syria and Lebanon: the 1976 invasion and its aftermath; PART V Civil wars: ideological; Introduction; AFRICA; The Angolan civil war 1975-1990 (ongoing); Burundi: civil war by massacre; The Gambia: coup attempt, Senegal to the rescue; Lesotho: from coup to civil strife; Liberia: tribal civil war 1990; Mozambique: the war against Renamo; The Nigerian civil war 1967-1970. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- London : Bloomsbury Academic
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 909.09724
HISTORY -- World
HISTORY -- Military -- Wars & Conflicts (Other)
Bewaffneter Konflikt
ARMED CONFLICTS
MILITARY HISTORY
INTERVENTION
MIDDLE EAST SITUATION
CIVIL WAR
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Oorlogen
Krieg
Developing countries -- History, Military
Developing countries
Entwicklungsländer
Electronic books
Military history - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781474291019
1474291015 - Related ISBNs:
- 9780304330867
0304330868
0304316717
9780304316717 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 636-658) and index.
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