Modern African Wars (4)

Vorwort
Featuring specially commissioned artwork and rare photographs, this is the first concise, accessible guide to the many ruthless armed groups that have torn the largest, potentially richest country in Africa apart for half a century.

Autorentext
Peter Abbott is a retired university lecturer. He has written or co-authored a number of Men-at-Arms titles for Osprey, including Men-at-Arms 379: Armies in East Africa 191418. He is particularly interested in 19th and 20th century armies that are less well known to the English speaking reader, and he has been collecting material on the various Ukrainian forces for many years.Raffaele Ruggeri was born in Bologna where he still works and lives. After studying at the Fine Arts Academy, he worked in several areas of graphics and design before deciding to devote himself to illustration. He has long been interested in military history and has illustrated a number of books for Osprey including MAA 547, Roman Army Units in the Eastern Provinces (2) and CBT 55, Roman Legionary vs Gallic Warrior.

Inhalt
Introduction /Glossary of groups /Chronology /The Congo Crisis 1960-63: the Congolese National Army - the Katangan secession, and mercenary involvement - the UN intervention forces /The crisis of 1964-67: the Simba rebellion - the second-wave mercenaries - Belgian intervention - Che Guevara - CIA mercenary pilots /'Zaire' in the Mobutu years 1967-95: Katanga/Shaba rebellions 1977-78 - Belgian, French and Moroccan interventions /Rebellion of 1996-97: Mobutu's army plus mercenaries vs Kabila - Mobutu flees, and general war breaks out, 1997-2002: Rwandan, Angolan, Zimbabwean, Ugandan, Namibian and Tchadian involvement /Bibliography /Plate commentaries /Index

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