{"product_id":"african-wars-a-defense-intelligence-perspective-9781552382738","title":"African Wars: A Defense Intelligence Perspective","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the past forty years, Africa south of the Sahara has been the most conflict-prone region of the world. In spite of its geopolitical importance, it remains one of the least understood. \u003ci\u003eAfrican Wars\u003c\/i\u003e provides a concise summary of four decades of warfare in sub-Saharan Africa with expert commentary by William Thom, an experienced and highly respected senior U.S. intelligence officer. As a defense analyst and senior Africa specialist in the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, William Thom acquired unique in-depth knowledge of conflict in this vast and troubled region. In \u003ci\u003eAfrican Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, he shares this knowledge.\u003cp\u003eRanging from postcolonial insurgency in Rhodesia to ongoing strife in the Horn of Africa, from the horrors of Rwanda and the Congo to devastating civil wars in Angola, Mozambique, and Liberia, \u003ci\u003eAfrican Wars\u003c\/i\u003e tracks seventeen different conflicts, many of which have a continuing influence on the continent's political-military affairs today. Thom complements his penetrating insights into and gripping accounts of specific wars with valuable wide-ranging impressions, in particular the often surprising adaptability of combatant groups to their material and political environments, and the frustrating marginalization of Africa within security circles during this period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfrican Wars\u003c\/i\u003e is not only an edifying account of conflict, but also a lively memoir. Thom brings a wealth of detail, personal insight, and wit to the story of his training and education as an intelligence officer, the difficulties and oddities of traveling in Africa, and his skirmishes with the intelligence bureaucracy. Anyone interested in African security issues, contemporary warfare, or military intelligence will find this book indispensable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeward\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWilliam T. Stoakley\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgements \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrologue: The World of Defense Intelligence \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: Non-Combat Realities\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. The Making of a Defense Intelligence Analyst\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrowing Up in the 1950s \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Great Leap into Sub-Saharan Africa \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo Out of Three is Not Bad! \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Assignment EUCOM J-2, 1977-1980\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHitting the Ground Running at EUCOM \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe EUCOM Experience Pays Dividends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenerals Haig and Huyser and the Soft Underbelly of NATO \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTraveling through Africa \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. The War for Resources - and Briefind VIP's\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnfavourable Pairings \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOut of Africa \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfrica Just Doesn't Make the Cut \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"\"Something New Is Always Coming Out of Africa\"\" - Pliny the Elder \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat We Have Learned \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBriefing People in High Places \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Threats to International Security: Optimists versus Pessimists \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Optimists \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Pessimists \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Bottom Line \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDomestic Analogies \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePart Two: African Wars I Have Known\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Counter-insurgency in Africa \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearning on the Job \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInsurgency in Southern Rhodesia, 1965-1980 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLancaster House Marks a New Beginning \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Civil War in Africa \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Angolan Civil War, Phase One, 1975-1976\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Angolan Civil War, Phase Two, 1980-1992\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Angolan Civil War, Phase Three, 199s-2002 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. South Africa; The White Redoubt \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSouth Africa's Evolving Defense Strategy, 1960s-1980s Surprise in Angola \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Receding White Redoubt \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSouth Africa's Defense Industry \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApartheid South Africa: A Challenge for U.S. Intelligence \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Mozambique: The RENAMO War, 1978-1992 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRENAMO: From an Insurgent Seed, a Monster Grows \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eU.S. Policy Slightly Out of Tune \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe War Winds Down: The Times They Were a-Changin' \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePhoto Gallery \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9. Two Surprising East African Wars\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Ogaden War, 1977-1991\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTanzania-Uganda War, 1978-1979\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e10. Two Antagonistic Regimes Collapse \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSomalia's Civil War, 1980s-1991 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Ethiopian Civil War: Collapse of the Mengistu Regime, 1988-1991 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e11. Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Sudan in the 1990s \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUN and U.S. Intervention in Somalia, 1992-1995 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Ethiopia-Eritrea Border War, 1998-2000: All in the Family \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWar in Sudan: The Enigma on the Nile \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e12. Two Improbable Conflicts: Zaire (Congo) and Chad \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Shaba I and Shaba II Incursions into Zaire, 1977-1978 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChad's \"Toyota Wars\" 1986-1987\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e13. The Great Lakes Crises: Rwanda, Burundi, and the Congo \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRwanda's Civil War and Genocide Crisis, 1990-1994 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Implodes, 1996-2002 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBurundi's Civil War, 1993-2001 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e14. Vicious Civil Conflicts in West Africa \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiberia's Civil War, 1989-1997 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSierra Leone's Civil War, 1991-2001\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e15. African Wars I Did Not Get to Know \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Congo Crisis \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Nigerian Civil War \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOther African Conflicts \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOther Wars Since Independence \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossary of Acronyms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Calgary Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53188658430295,"sku":"9781552382738","price":30.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/african-wars-a-defense-intelligence-perspective-9781552382738","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}