By Timothy Stapleton
A exact and thorough chronological evaluation of the heritage of battle and army constructions in Africa, protecting precedent days to the current day.
• offers a whole creation of Africa's army historical past that's available to normal readers with out really expert knowledge
• offers illuminating money owed of Africa's most crucial army leaders, from Hannibal of old Carthage to Queen Nzinga of 17th-century Angola to Paul Kagame of latest Rwanda
• Portrays Africa in the context of a world viewpoint that portrays the continent's life as an intrinsic a part of a much broader global, now not as an remoted "dark continent"
• incorporates a entire examining checklist on the finish of every of the 3 volumes for accomplishing extra research
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