Skull Beneath the Skin Africa after the Cold War

Name: Skull Beneath the Skin Africa after the Cold War
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ISBN: 9780813341125

ISBN-10: 0813341124

ISBN-13: 9780813341125

Edition: 2002

Authors: Mark Huband

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In this text, journalist Mark Huband argues that foreign involvement in Africa - whether by colonialists, financial donors, political reformers or Cold War protagonists - has been the single most destructive element in the continent's history.

Book details

List price: $62.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 1/24/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 408
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Prologue



Empty Promises



Sell the Silver, Steal the Gold: Mobutu and Zaire



The Skull Beneath the Skin: Angola and the Cold War



Great Game, Dirty Game: The United States and Liberia



The Time of the Soldier



Whispers and Screams: Tribes and Armies in Burundi



A City on the Lake: The Creation of Hutu and Tutsi



Juggling the Juntas: Zaire, Nigeria, and Military Rule



The Deadly Harvest: Liberia At War



Blood of the Ancestors



Myths, Chiefs, and Churches: Rwanda



Genocide



The Spit of the Toad: Zaire, Kenya, and the Abuse of Tradition



New World, Old Order



"Rogue" States and Radicals: The United States and Sudan



The Mogadishu Line: The United Nations and Somalia



France, Africa, and a Place Called Fashoda


Epilogue: The Center Cannot Hold


Notes


Bibliography


Index