France's Wars in Chad (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781108488679)

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 Fran ois 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 Hiss ne Habr , 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.

Author: Nathaniel K. Powell
ISBN-10: 1108488676
ISBN-13: 9781108488679
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/17/2020
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2021