{"product_id":"hot-spot-toyin-falola-9780313359712","title":"Hot Spot: Sub-Saharan Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book provides an extensive examination of the major conflicts in the extremely volatile region of sub-Saharan Africa and their ramifications throughout the continent and beyond.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConflict has been a critical factor in the making of contemporary Africa, and its study is key to understanding the continent's tortuous history. \u003ci\u003eHot Spot: Sub-Saharan Africa\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes the area's major, post-independence conflicts intense enough to threaten national, regional, or international security. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis work defines conflict broadly to encompass political instability and state failure, ethno-religious tensions, government and political corruption, economic mismanagement and poverty, cult violence, and youth gangsterism. Thematically organized chapters examine the origins and development of explosive hot spots--including Sudan, Somalia, Rwanda, and Democratic Republic of Congo--in West Africa, Nigeria, Southern Africa, the Horn of Africa and Central Africa, and the Great Lakes region. The book also explores outside factors that have impacted African conflicts, such as superpower Cold War manipulation and foreign influence and intervention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Toyin Falola,Adebayo O. Oyebade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313359717\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313359712\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Greenwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2010 pg. 58","brand":"Toyin Falola","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086481633535,"sku":"9780313359712","price":79.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_351313fb-66e2-4048-b244-d745728590a5.jpg?v=1769094918","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hot-spot-toyin-falola-9780313359712","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}