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# Modern African Wars (4): The Congo 1960–2002 (Men-at-Arms, 492)

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Modern African Wars (4): The Congo 1960–2002 (Men-at-Arms, 492)

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## Customer Reviews

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    Helpful "cliff notes" for the topic.
  

*by J***K on Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2022*

Helpful "cliff notes" for the topic. Obviously, the author can only detail when covering several (dozens?) of different forces and actions over 43 years.

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    MAWs #4 does not live up to the high standards of its predecessors
  

*by C***H on Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2015*

This book was a complete disappointment.  While it covers the subject with necessary broad brushstrokes to encompass the period from 1960-2002, it does not meet the high standards set by the other volumes in the series (#1 Rhodesia 1965-80; #2 Angola & Mocanbique 1961-74; and #3 South-West Africa) even though this volume was edited by the incomparable Martin Windrow (known for his amazingly presented volumes of the French Colonial Wars in the Osprey Man-at-Arms and Elite series, among others.)The book is full of statements like, "The FAZ's weakness did not stop Mobutu from trying to act as the 'Gendarme of Central Africa'. Troops were deployed in Bokassa's Central African Empire in early 1979, in Tchad in 1981-82 and again in 1983, while some joined a French intervention force in Togo in 1986 after a mercenary attack there." (p. 23)  Wait,... what?  When other Osprey books make statements that are not general know or from limited sources, they provide reference sources.  Where did this information about Zairean Army interventions come from?The best of the Osprey books that I have had the pleasure of reading gave example narratives of encounters/contacts with the enemy that the troops experienced in the covered conflicts as a way of putting the reader in the boots of the soldiers on the ground.  This volume has none of that. While this is probably a result of the fact that this volume covers 2-3 times the number of years covered by the other volumes in the Modern African Wars series, it creates a volume that feels incomplete. It probably would have been better to break this into two separate volumes (1960-79 and 1980-2002.)Lastly, unlike the earlier volumes in the series (and most of the earlier Osprey books), there is no final page in the book with the plate descriptions in French and German.  While this is not unique to this 2014 volume (many of the newer reprints have eliminated this page as well), I always enjoyed having this page as it has allowed me to practice my skills in these languages (and helped when I have had to go to original sources in those languages.)

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Great colored drawings
  

*by S***Y on Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2014*

Another good book by Osprey, Reader will like the colored pictures and brief history of this complicated war. Gives the reader a basic overview of the conflict. What I liked the most was the colored pictures of the Congo army during the many stages of war.

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