Securing Africa : Local Crises and Foreign Interventions (Paperback)

Introduction: The Changing Conception of African Security  Charles Thomas  Section One: Historical Interventions, the Local to the Global  1. The External Military Operations of Southern Rhodesia and Zimbabwe (1895-2005)  Timothy Stapleton  2. Afrikaner Influence on the IRA and SOE  Aaron Linderman  3. Fear and Money: The Strategic Propaganda Conflict During the Zimbabwean War for Liberation  Blake Whitaker  Section Two: Historical Interventions, the Global to the Local  4. Sub-Saharan Africa, a Key Issue for France in the Cold War  Aurelien Poilbout  5. A Question of Stability: The International Response to Portuguese Imperialism in the 1960s  R. Joseph Parrot  6. Cuba and South Africa: Regionalism and Internationalism, Ideology and Conflict in Southern Africa During the Cold War  Cranston Knight  Section Three: Current and Ongoing Crises in Africa  7. Kidnapping: The Terror of the 21st Century? Lessons from Southeastern Nigeria  Joseph Eberechukwu Akonye  8. A New Tool for the Toolbox: A Historiographical Essay on Twenty Years of Environmental History and Why It Matters to Soldiers  John Ringquist  9. Kidnapping Business and Penalties for Kidnapping as a Part of Niger Delta Conflict  Raimonda Iskauakaite  10. Insecurity in the Troubled Seas: The US and Kenya Face Terrorism in Eastern Africa  Hannington Ochwada  Section Four: The International Dimension of Current African Security  11. Africa and AFRICOM: United States Security Interests in Africa  Chris Agoha  12. The Legality of ECOWAS Intervention in Peace Support in Terms of the UN Charter  Kevwe Omoragbon  13. Securing Peace in Burundi: External Interventions to End the Civil War, 1993-2006  Josiah Marineau