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Empire in Africa, Angola and Its Neighbors

Empire in Africa, Angola and Its Neighbors

by David Birmingham

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 190 PAGES

In this illuminating history, noted historian David Birmingham explains how Angola went from colony to independence, how in the 1990s the Cold War legacy turned to civil war, and how peace finally dawned in 2002.  (AFR238, $22.00)

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