The fate of Africa : trial by fire / Jeremy Harding.

The fate of Africa : trial by fire / Jeremy Harding.

Former Title
: 
Small wars, small mercies

By
: 
Harding, Jeremy.

Publication Date
: 
1993

Publication Information
: 
New York : Simon & Schuster,

Physical Description
: 
368 p. : maps.

Subject Term
: 
Insurgency -- Africa -- History -- 20th century.

Geographic Term
: 
Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-
 
Africa -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements.
 
Africa -- History, Military.

Bibliography Note
: 
Includes bibliographical references (p. 328-343) and index.

Summary
: 
The nightly news paints Africa as a continent in chaos, at war and at risk. In a vivid, sympathetic chronicle of civilians and soldiers, winners and losers, dreamers and activists, Jeremy Harding provides a remarkable narrative - both explosive and intimate - of six countries under siege, battling the legacy of ethnic conflict and colonial abuse and fighting for their future.

Language
: 
English

ISBN
: 
9780671723590

General Note
: 
"Revised edition of Small wars, small mercies, originally published in Great Britain in 1993 by Penguin Books, Ltd."


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