Frontiersmen
Subtitle: Warfare In Africa Since 1950 (Warfare and History)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: December 1, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Library binding
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781857285246
Subjects: African history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Civil war; Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare; Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; History; History: World; History - Military / War; Africa; Africa - General; Military - Other; Political History; History / General
First sentence: The first series of anti-colonial liberation campaigns in Africa in the 1950s saw two insurgency movements against the British, one in Egypt on a small scale the second, the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya, more serious.