Securing Africa

Introduction: The Changing Conception of African Security Charles Thomas Section One: Historical Interventions, the Local to the Global 1. The External Military Operations of Southern Rhodesia and Zimbabwe (1895-2005) Timothy Stapleton 2. Afrikaner Influence on the IRA and SOE Aaron Linderman 3. Fear and Money: The Strategic Propaganda Conflict During the Zimbabwean War for Liberation Blake Whitaker Section Two: Historical Interventions, the Global to the Local 4. Sub-Saharan Africa, a Key Issue for France in the Cold War Aur©lien Poilbout 5. A Question of Stability: The International Response to Portuguese Imperialism in the 1960s R. Joseph Parrot 6. Cuba and South Africa: Regionalism and Internationalism, Ideology and Conflict in Southern Africa During the Cold War Cranston Knight Section Three: Current and Ongoing Crises in Africa 7. Kidnapping: The Terror of the 21st Century? Lessons from Southeastern Nigeria Joseph Eberechukwu Akonye 8. A New Tool for the Toolbox: A Historiographical Essay on Twenty Years of Environmental History and Why It Matters to Soldiers John Ringquist 9. Kidnapping Business and Penalties for Kidnapping as a Part of Niger Delta Conflict Raimonda Iskauakaite 10. Insecurity in the Troubled Seas: The US and Kenya Face Terrorism in Eastern Africa Hannington Ochwada Section Four: The International Dimension of Current African Security 11. Africa and AFRICOM: United States Security Interests in Africa Chris Agoha 12. The Legality of ECOWAS Intervention in Peace Support in Terms of the UN Charter Kevwe Omoragbon 13. Securing Peace in Burundi: External Interventions to End the Civil War, 1993-2006 Josiah Marineau