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Skeletons on the Zahara
Author: Dean King
ISBN-10: 0099435926
ISBN-13: 9780099435921
Published: 2005-06-01
Publisher: Arrow Books
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The western Sahara is a baking hot and desolate place, home only to nomads and their camels, and to locusts, snails and thorny scrub. On 28 August 1815, the US brig Commerce was dashed against Mauritania's Cape Bojador and lost, although through bravery and quick thinking the ship's captain, James Riley, managed to lead all of his crew to safety. What followed was an extraordinary and desperate battle for survival in the face of human hostility, hunger, dehydration and despair, as the crew were captured, robbed and enslaved. They were reduced to drinking urine (their own and the camels'), flayed by the sun, crippled by walking miles across burning stones and sand. And, over time, James Riley and Sidi Hamet, slave and captor, came to recognize in each other men worthy of respect and the ransom not only of Riley himself but also of a handful of his crew suddenly seemed possible. But, Sidi Hamet had enemies of his own, and to reach safety the sailors had to overcome not only the desert but also the greed and anger of those who would keep them in captivity.
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Western Sahara: The Roots of a Desert War
Author: Tony Hodges
ISBN-10: 0882081527
ISBN-13: 9780882081526
Published: 1984-03
Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books
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Western Sahara: Anatomy Of A Stalemate (International Peace Academy Occasional Paper Series.)
Author: Erik Jensen
ISBN-10: 1588263053
ISBN-13: 9781588263056
Published: 2004-12
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Pub
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Burden of Empire: An Appraisal of Western Colonialism in Africa South of the Sahara (HOOVER INST PRESS PUBLICATION)
Author: Lewis H. Gann
ISBN-10: 081791692X
ISBN-13: 9780817916923
Published: 1967-01-01
Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
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Since its publication in 1967, Burden of Empire has been widely praised and criticized for its controversial approach to the problem of colonialism in Africa. The authors have challenged the new "orthodoxy" about Africa—the belief that little but evil and exploitation has resulted from the era of European colonialism. Burden of Empire is, therefore, in the words of George Shepperson, "a provocative thesis [which] could set off a controversy among historians similar to that engendered by Robinson's and Gallagher's Africa and the Victorians."
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Western Sahara: War, Nationalism and Conflict Irresolution (Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution)
Author: Jacob Mundy
ISBN-10: 0815632193
ISBN-13: 9780815632191
Published: 2010-06-30
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
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The Western Sahara conflict has proven to be one of the most protracted and intractable struggles facing the international community. Pitting local nationalist determination against Moroccan territorial ambitions, the dispute is further complicated by regional tensions with Algeria and the geo-strategic concerns of major global players, including the United States, France, and the territory s former colonial ruler, Spain. For over twenty years, the UN Security Council has failed to find a formula that will delicately balance these interests against Western Sahara s long-denied right to a self-determination referendum as one of the last UN-recognized colonies. In the first book-length treatment of the issue in over two decades, Zunes and Mundy examine the origins, evolution, and resilience of the Western Sahara conflict, deploying a diverse array of sources and firsthand knowledge of the region gained from multiple research visits. Shifting geographical frames local, regional, and international provide for a robust analysis of the stakes involved.
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The Western Saharans
Author: Virginia Thompson
ISBN-10: 0389201480
ISBN-13: 9780389201489
Published: 1980-06
Publisher: Rl Innactive Titles
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A comprehensive economic, political, and social portrait of the key constituents in the conflict over the Western Sahara.
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Endgame in the Western Sahara: What Future for Africa's Last Colony?
Author: Toby Shelley
ISBN-10: 1842773410
ISBN-13: 9781842773413
Published: 2004-11-06
Publisher: Zed Books
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Book Description:
For a remote strip of Saharan desert along the Atlantic seaboard, the Western Sahara has begun to attract a lot of attention. The European Union, the USA, the UN and Morocco have all declared an interest in this former Spanish colony, not to mention the indigenous Sahraoui people, who have fought for self-determination for over quarter of a century. Toby Shelley has talked to Moroccan, Western Saharan Polisario and other diplomats, as well as contacts in the oil industry. He has visited the territory and had access to both the Moroccan administration and the underground opposition. What emerges is that there is now a real prospect of a definitive resolution to this long-running, often bloody, conflict between Morocco and the Sahraoui people.
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Africa South of the Sahara: The Challenge to Western Security (HOOVER INST PRESS PUBLICATION)
Author: Peter Duignan
ISBN-10: 0817973826
ISBN-13: 9780817973827
Published: 1981-05-05
Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
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Historical Dictionary of Western Sahara (Historical Dictionaries of Africa)
Author: Anthony G. Pazzanita
ISBN-10: 0810855402
ISBN-13: 9780810855403
Published: 2006-01-16
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
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Western Sahara is the last remaining colony in Africa. When it was released from Spanish rule in 1975, it was only to be replaced by the colonial rule of the neighboring countries of Mauritania and the Kingdom of Morocco. Even then, plans for a referendum were made to determine the country's status, but this solution has continually been put off from year to year while the situation festers. The resulting struggle has become increasingly bitter over the years. It has divided the territories population-many of whom now live abroad as refugees-resulted in a prolonged guerrilla war, pitted neighboring states against one another, and exercised the efforts of the United Nations, the Organization of African Unity (now African Union), and other peacekeeping bodies. There is no shortage of failed compromises and unimplemented resolutions. All that is lacking is an equitable solution.This book provides substantial information on Western Sahara's history, society, and culture through the use of hundreds of cross-referenced A to Z dictionary entries, a chronology of events, an introductory essay on Western Sahara, and a bibliography.
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The Arab Conquest of the Western Sahara: Studies of the Historical Events, Religious Beliefs and Social Customs Which Made the Remotest Sahara a Part of the Arab World (Arab Background Series)
Author: H. T. Norris
ISBN-10: 058275643X
ISBN-13: 9780582756434
Published: 1986-12-31
Publisher: Longman
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