France's Wars in Chad : Military Intervention and Decolonization in Africa (African Studies)

Powell, Nathaniel K.

Cambridge University Press（2020/12発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 384 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781108488679
• DDC分類 967.4304

Full Description

Examining the continuous French military interventions in Chad in the two decades after its independence, this study demonstrates how France's successful counterinsurgency efforts to protect the regime of François Tombalbaye would ultimately weaken the Chadian state and encourage Libya's Muammar Gaddafi to intervene. In covering the subsequent French efforts to counter Libyan ambitions and the rise to power of Hissène Habré, one of postcolonial Africa's most brutal dictators, Nathaniel K. Powell demonstrates that French strategies aiming to prevent the collapse of authoritarian regimes had the opposite effect, exacerbating violent conflicts and foreign interventions in Chad and further afield. Based on extensive archival research to trace the causes, course, and impact of French interventions in Chad, this study offers insights and lessons for current interveners - including France - fighting a 'war on terrorism' in the Sahel whose strategies and impact parallel those of France in the 1960s-1980s.

Contents

Introduction: 1. 'Experts in decolonization'; 2. Limousin; 3. The claustre affair; 4. The empire strikes back: French intervention and return to war; 5. The return of Habré; 6. Nigeria enters the scene; 7. The decline and fall of the central African empire; 8. Libya invades; 9. Endgame; Conclusions: The collapse of a neocolonial order; References; Index.