France's Wars in Chad: Military Intervention and Decolonization in Africa

ISBN-13: 9781108488679 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 336 str.

Nathaniel K. (King's College London) Powell

Opis

Examines twenty years of French military interventions in Chad and Hissène Habré's rise to power between 1960 and 1982.

Recenzje

'… the book leaves an impression of the profound untidiness of French-Chadian affairs, and of the misplaced hubris of French African policy more generally. By then, the reader will already have made connections to more recent interventions in regions of instability that aim to contribute externally to internal security.' Roel Van Der Velde, War in History

Spis treści

Introduction: 1. 'Experts in decolonization'; 2. Limousin; 3. The claustre affair; 4. The empire strikes back: French intervention and return to war; 5. The return of Habré; 6. Nigeria enters the scene; 7. The decline and fall of the central African empire; 8. Libya invades; 9. Endgame; Conclusions: The collapse of a neocolonial order; References; Index.