Description
Book SynopsisA detailed and thorough chronological overview of the history of warfare and military structures in Africa, covering ancient times to the present day.
A Military History of Africa achieves a daunting task: it synthesizes decades of specialized academic research and literatureincluding the most recent materialto offer an accessible survey of Africa's military history, from the earliest times to the present day. The first volume examines the precolonial period beginning with warfare in ancient North Africa including ancient Egypt and Carthage and continues through the cavalry-based Muslim empires of the trans-Sahara trade and the wars of the slave trade in West and East Africa. The second volume focuses on the wars of European colonial conquest and African resistance during the late 19th century, African participation in both world wars, and the early violent struggles for independence from the 1950s and early 1960s. The third volume explores warfare in postcolonial Africa,
