TY - BOOK ID - 77916465 TI - Warfare in Atlantic Africa, 1500-1800 PY - 1999 SN - 0429233744 020350044X 1282373609 9786612373602 1135365849 9780203500446 9781857283921 1857283929 9781857283938 1857283937 9781135365844 1857283929 1857283937 9781135365790 1135365792 9781135365837 1135365830 PB - London UCL Press DB - UniCat KW - Military art and science KW - Fighting KW - Military power KW - Military science KW - Warfare KW - Warfare, Primitive KW - Naval art and science KW - War KW - History. KW - Africa, West KW - Africa, Western KW - West Africa KW - Western Africa KW - History, Military. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77916465 AB - Warfare in Atlantic Africa, 1500-1800 investigates the impact of warfare on the history of Africa in the period of the slave trade and the founding of empires. It includes the discussion of:: * the relationship between war and the slave trade * the role of Europeans in promoting African wars and supplying African armies * the influence of climatic and ecological factors on warfare patterns and dynamics * the impact of social organization and military technology, including the gunpowder revolution * case studies of warfare in Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast, Benin ER -