TY  - BOOK
AU  - Reid,Richard J.
TI  - Warfare in African History
T2  - New Approaches to African History
SN  - 9781139043090 (ebook)
AV  - DT21.5 .R45 2012
U1  - 355.02096 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016)
N2  - This book examines the role of war in shaping the African state, society, and economy. Richard J. Reid helps students understand different patterns of military organization through Africa's history; the evolution of weaponry, tactics, and strategy; and the increasing prevalence of warfare and militarism in African political and economic systems. He traces shifts in the culture and practice of war from the first millennium into the era of the external slave trades, and then into the nineteenth century, when a military revolution unfolded across much of Africa. The repercussions of that revolution, as well as the impact of colonial rule, continue to this day. The frequency of coups d'états and civil war in Africa's recent past is interpreted in terms of the continent's deeper past
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139043090
ER  -