Foreign Intervention in Africa chronicles the foreign political and military interventions in Africa from 1956 to 2010, during the periods of decolonisation and the Cold War, as well as during the periods of state collapse and the 'global war on terror'. In the first two periods, the most significant intervention was extra-continental. The USA, the Soviet Union, China, Cuba and the former colonial powers entangled themselves in countless African conflicts. During the period of state collapse, the most consequential interventions were intra-continental. African governments, sometimes assisted b.;Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Abbreviations; Introduction; Historical Background: Situating the Book; Focus of the Book; Organization of the Book; CHAPTER 1 Nationalism, Decolonization, and the Cold War, 1945-1991; Imperial Actors; Cold War Actors; The Case Studies; CHAPTER 2 Egypt and Algeria Radical Nationalism, Nonalignment, and External Intervention in North Africa, 1952-1973; Egypt, 1952-73; Algeria and Francophone North Africa, 1954-62; CHAPTER 3 The Congo Crisis, 1960-1965; The Crisis of 1960-61; The Crisis of 1964-65.