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The Zimbabwe African People's Union, 1961-87

Author : Eliakim M. Sibanda

Publisher : Africa World Press

Page : 338 pages

File Size : 29,44 MB

Release : 2005

Category : History

ISBN : 9781592212767

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This book is an exploration of the political history of insurgency in SOuthern Rhodesia. During the early years of its struggle, ZAPU employed non-violent means to try and achieve its goal for majority rule and a non-racial society. Because of the belligerancy of the White settler regime, ZAPU added the armed resistance to its strategy and went on to build a formidable army. Problems escalated and alliances were built and dissolved until, tired of being hunted down and butchered, the ZAPU leadership decided to merge its party with the ruling party in December 1987.



Encyclopedia of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency

Author : Spencer C. Tucker

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Page : 710 pages

File Size : 39,27 MB

Release : 2013-10-29

Category : History

ISBN : 1610692802

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A fascinating look at the insurgencies and counterinsurgencies throughout history with a concentration on the 20th and 21st centuries. This encyclopedia examines insurgencies—and the counterinsurgency efforts they prompt—through history, addressing military actions and the techniques and technologies employed in each conflict, significant insurgency leaders, and the leading theorists, with emphasis on the "small wars" of the 20th century and most recent decades. The clear, concise entries provide a breadth of coverage that ranges from the Maccabean Revolt in 168–143 BCE and the Peasants' Revolt in Germany in the 1500s to the American Revolutionary War and the ongoing insurgency in Syria. Readers will gain a solid understanding of how insurgency warfare and counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy has played a key role in the U.S. conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq in the early 21st century, and grasp how this important military strategy has evolved during modern times.



Modern African Conflicts

Author : Timothy J. Stapleton

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Page : 513 pages

File Size : 17,28 MB

Release : 2022-06-30

Category : History

ISBN :

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An essential resource for students or general readers interested in post-colonial Africa, this encyclopedia provides coverage of different regions, countries, wars, battles, factions, leaders, and foreign powers. Armed conflict represents a substantial part of African history since around 1960, yet this history is either insufficiently taught or overshadowed by negative stereotypes about African "tribal warfare." In an effort to introduce this vital topic to students and general readers alike, this one-volume encyclopedia provides concise historical information on conflicts that occurred in postcolonial Africa. The entries cover all the regions of Africa (North, West, Central, East, and Southern); the Cold War and post–Cold War periods; a range of important leaders; various types of conflicts from civil wars and insurgencies to conventional military engagements; involvement of foreign powers; and such themes as airpower, women and war, and genocide.



The Challenge of Apartheid: UK–South African Relations, 1985-1986

Author : Patrick Salmon

Publisher : Taylor & Francis

Page : 622 pages

File Size : 39,68 MB

Release : 2016-11-25

Category : History

ISBN : 131545632X

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The crisis of apartheid that began in 1984 provoked international outrage on an unprecedented scale and this volume documents the attempt by the British Government to formulate a response.



The Ndebele Nation

Author : Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni

Publisher : Rozenberg Publishers

Page : 231 pages

File Size : 41,46 MB

Release : 2009

Category : Ndebele (African people)

ISBN : 9036101360

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Dictionary of African Biography

Author : Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong

Publisher :

Page : 3382 pages

File Size : 23,7 MB

Release : 2012-02-02

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 0195382072

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From the Pharaohs to Fanon, Dictionary of African Biography provides a comprehensive overview of the lives of the men and women who shaped Africa's history. Unprecedented in scale, DAB covers the whole continent from Tunisia to South Africa, from Sierra Leone to Somalia. It also encompasses the full scope of history from Queen Hatsheput of Egypt (1490-1468 BC) and Hannibal, the military commander and strategist of Carthage (243-183 BC), to Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana (1909-1972), Miriam Makeba and Nelson Mandela of South Africa (1918 -).



The Encyclopedia of War, 5 Volume Set

Author : Gordon Martel

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 2973 pages

File Size : 31,20 MB

Release : 2012-01-17

Category : History

ISBN : 140519037X

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This ground-breaking 5-volume reference is a comprehensive print and electronic resource covering the history of warfare from ancient times to the present day, across the entire globe. Arranged in A-Z format, the Encyclopedia provides an overview of the most important events, people, and terms associated with warfare - from the Punic Wars to the Mongol conquest of China, and the War on Terror; from the Ottoman Sultan, Suleiman ‘the Magnificent’, to the Soviet Military Commander, Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov; and from the crossbow to chemical warfare. Individual entries range from 1,000 to 6,000 words with the longer, essay-style contributions giving a detailed analysis of key developments and ideas. Drawing on an experienced and internationally diverse editorial board, the Encyclopedia is the first to offer readers at all levels an extensive reference work based on the best and most recent scholarly research. The online platform further provides interactive cross-referencing links and powerful searching and browsing capabilities within the work and across Wiley-Blackwell’s comprehensive online reference collection. Learn more at www.encyclopediaofwar.com. Selected by Choice as a 2013 Outstanding Academic Title Recipient of a 2012 PROSE Award honorable mention



Welshman Hadane Mabhena

Author : Clarke, Marieke Faber

Publisher : AmaGugu Publishers

Page : 76 pages

File Size : 12,72 MB

Release : 2017-02-10

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 0797486895

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The late Welshman Hadane Mabhena, was a leading Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU) activist, the political party led by Joshua Nkomo. He was among the pioneers of the liberation struggle in Nkayi and Matabeleland North. He faced incarceration in various prisons in Rhodesia. He was detained in Gonakudzingwa near the border with Mozambique. A loud and fearless voice for the voiceless, uMawelishi, as he was affectionately known among his colleagues and admirers, was declared a national hero when he passed on. While the focus of the book is on an individual, Welshman Mabhena, it also illuminates the times, both good and bad, that were an integral part of Welshman Mabhena’s life.



Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo of Zimbabwe

Author : Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni

Publisher : Springer

Page : 458 pages

File Size : 49,63 MB

Release : 2017-08-17

Category : History

ISBN : 3319605550

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This book is a pioneering study of Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, a Zimbabwean nationalist whose crucial role in the country’s anti-colonial struggle has largely gone unrecognized. These essays trace his early influence on Zimbabwean nationalism in the late 1950s and his leadership in the armed liberation movement and postcolonial national-building processes, as well as his denigration by the winners of the 1980 elections, Mugabe’s Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front. The Nkomo that emerges is complex and contested, the embodiment of Zimbabwe’s tortured trajectory from colony to independent postcolonial state. This is an essential corrective to the standard history of twentieth-century Zimbabwe, and an invaluable resource for scholars of African nationalist liberation movements and nation-building.



Do 'Zimbabweans' Exist?

Author : Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni

Publisher : Peter Lang

Page : 432 pages

File Size : 24,77 MB

Release : 2009

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9783039119417

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This book examines the triumphs and tribulations of the Zimbabwean national project, providing a radical and critical analysis of the fossilisation of Zimbabwean nationalism against the wider context of African nationalism in general. The book departs radically from the common 'praise-texts' in seriously engaging with the darker aspects of nationalism, including its failure to create the nation-as-people, and to install democracy and a culture of human rights. The author examines how the various people inhabiting the lands between the Limpopo and Zambezi Rivers entered history and how violence became a central aspect of the national project of organising Zimbabweans into a collectivity in pursuit of a political end.