‘Insidious Conquests’
Wartime Politics Along the South-western Shore of Lake Tanganyika
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| ID | 20074776 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Allen F Roberts (0000-0001-9024-1542, Murray State University, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 1987 |
| Páginas | 186-213 |
| Data de publicação | 1987-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | CHAPTER |
| Periódico | Africa and the First World War (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Editora | Palgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-1-349-18827-7_10 |
| OpenAlex | W2345364751 |
| ISBN | 9781349188277 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 3 |
| Referências citadas | 9 |
While the First World War raged in Europe, less sanguinary combat was waged in the heart of Africa. The battles of Lake Tanganyika may have been of relatively little international consequence; the salvos traded between tiny Belgian batteries dug in before remote missionary outposts and steam-powered German launches sporting a gun or two may have been futile; yet the war did prove unsettling to the African populace. As people from distinct worlds were thrust together with great precipitance, so were politics — international, national (metropolitan and colonial) and local-level or village — collapsed in a manner never before experienced. A case study of local-level politics during the war years requires recognition of international and national factors, and reveals how all these political levels were interdependent at such tenebrous times. Certain local factions were able to exploit these special circumstances, and thrive; others could not, and so did not
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| Obras citantes distintas | 3 |
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| Citações por ano | 0,1 |
| Intervalo de citações | 1996 - 2016 (21) |
| Velocidade de citação | historical |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 3 |