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African guerrillas

Title:

African guerrillas

Author:

Clapham, Christopher S.

ISBN:

9780852558164

9780852558157

9780253334664

9780253212436

Publication Information:

Oxford : J. Currey, 1998.

Physical Description:

xiii, 208 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

1. Introduction: Analysing African Insurgencies / Christopher Clapham -- 2. The Eritrean People's Liberation Front / David Pool -- 3. The Tigray People's Liberation Front / John Young -- 4. The Sudan People's Liberation Army & the Problem of Factionalism / Douglas H. Johnson -- 5. Somali Armed Units - The Interplay of Political Entrepreneurship & Clan-Based Factions / Daniel Compagnon -- 6. Uganda: The National Resistance Army / Pascal Ngoga -- 7. War in Northern Uganda - The Holy Spirit Movements of Alice Lakwena, Severino Lukoya & Joseph Kony (1986-1997) / Heike Behrend -- 8. The Rwandan Patriotic Front / Gerard Prunier -- 9. Guerrillas in the Midst - The Former Government of Rwanda & the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire in Eastern Zaire / Wm Cyrus Reed -- 10. Liberia's Warlord Insurgency / Stephen Ellis -- 11. The Revolutionary United Front of Sierra Leone - A Revolt of the Lumpenproletariat / Ibrahim Abdullah and Patrick Muana.

Subject Term:

Insurgency -- Africa, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.

Guerrillas -- Africa, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.

Insurgency -- Liberia -- History -- 20th century.

Guerrillas -- Libera -- History -- 20th century.

Insurgency -- Sierra Leone -- History -- 20th century.

Guerrillas -- Sierra Leone -- History -- 20th century.

Geographic Term:

Africa, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1960-

Liberia -- Politics and government -- 1980-

Sierra Leone -- Politics and government -- 1961-

Added Author:

Clapham, Christopher S.

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Insurgencies or guerrilla movements have come to occupy a prominent place in the politics of modern Africa. At one time they could be regarded as the means by which Africans fought for independence against colonial or white minority regimes which refused to concede it peacefully, but in the late-20th century they have become an important source of organized opposition to incumbent African governments. In some cases they have ousted those governments and established new regimes in their place; in other cases they have prompted state collapse.