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Beskrivning
Illustrated throughout.This volume examines the history of Angola since independence in 1975, and in particular the fact that the country has known only one year of peace in that time. The contributions come from a conference held in Cambridge.
Joanna Lewis is Professor in the Department of International History at the London School of Economics, where she is also Director of the Centre for Women, Peace and Security.
Recensioner i media
... this volume provides relevant and valuable historical, political, military, economic and social analyses of the state of Angola and its place in the world in the late 20th century, and a good sense of the recent waste of its potential - which may now begin to be realised.
Innehållsförteckning
Why Angola matters to the world order; to Angola; to Britain; to the southern African region; rebuilding community at war; Africa in the media; summing up; communique to Lusaka and response; NGOs and UNITA; the siege of Cuito; beyond Lusaka; Angola - the political economy of integration and division; Angola through a cracked glass dimly.