This book chronicles foreign political and military interventions in Africa from 1956 to 2010, helping readers understand the historical roots of Africa's probl

Piecing together the post-independence chain of events that has involved the Soviet Union, Cuba, Libya, France and South Africa in domestic and interstate wars

A rich and accessible examination of military intervention on the African continent, from both foreign and African military actors.

Strong nation-states often assume that they can use their military might to intervene in civil wars and otherwise reshape the domestic political order of weaker

Gegout's book offers a sharp rebuke to those who believe that altruism is the guiding principle of Western intervention in Africa.