Continent Ablaze: Insurgency wars in Africa 1960 to present - Turner

Softcover book in new condition. First edition 1988. 280 pages with b&w pictures. Postage in SA will be R25. I have paypal options.

A description of the conflicts which have so damaged Africa, this survey of the last four decades seeks to throw light on the problems which afflict the continent. All important conflicts are covered, North, Central and South, with their political and military background, and details of armies and weaponry. Africa, in the post colonial era, has been battered by rebellion amongst its dictators, self-promoters, tribal factions and down-trodden poor. The coverage of this study is pan-African, providing a broad picture of the continent as it approaches a new century.

In this book the author John Turner undertakes a classic study of war in Africa and a honest look at Rhodesia's conflict