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Charbonneau, Bruno

France and the new imperialism: security policy in Sub-Saharan Africa/ Bruno Charbonneau - Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2008. - 189 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-185) and index.

Chapter 1: French Security Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa 1
Chapter 2: The Symbolic State, Security, and Symbolic France 16
Chapter 3: Colonizing the Political in Africa: Underwriting French Hegemony and Proscribing Dissent 45
Chapter 4: Authorizing Hegemony: French Power and Military Cooperation, 1960-1994 79
Chapter 5: Into the Twenty-first Century: Liberal War, Global Governance, and French Military Cooperation 110
Chapter 6: Making (In)Security: The Use of Force to Master Violence 141
Chapter 7: Complicity in Genocide: France in Rwanda 188
Chapter 8: Hegemonic Struggles, Hegemonic Restructuring: France in Côte d¿Ivoire 231
Chapter 9: Conclusion: France and the New Imperialism 269

ISBN: 9780754672852 (alk. paper) 0754672859 (alk. paper)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
National security--France.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
France--Foreign relations--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Africa, Sub-Saharan--Foreign relations--France.

Dewey Class. No.: 355.0335440967 / CHA/F