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It is not difficult to imagine all sorts of conditions that could bring foreign intervention in African affairs, especially if past and present trends are projected into the future. What is really difficult is to specify any combination of events and developments that would leave most African countries outside the orbit of foreign intrusions in the immediate decades to come. The purpose of this chapter is to analyse the structure of such past interventions with special emphasis on military intervention up to the time of the American raid on Libya in 1986. Emerging patterns are then discussed in terms of both co-operative and competitive foreign intervention in African affairs; the new imperialism is expected to last far into the African future.
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Anise, L. (1989). Foreign Military Intervention in Africa: The New Co-operative-Competitive Imperialism. In: Onwuka, R.I., Shaw, T.M. (eds) Africa in World Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20065-8_7
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