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9 - Endgame

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 December 2020

Nathaniel K. Powell
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Lancaster University
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This chapter examines French policy toward's Chad following Libya's withdrawal in November 1981. It focuses on French efforts to facilitate the deployment of an OAU peacekeeping force, and its renewed engagement with the government in N'Djamena. It also examines the role of regional powers and the United States in the OAU deployment and Habré's consquent loss of foreign support. The chapter analyzes the OAU's failure to stabilize the Chadian political scene, and growing French indifference to the outcome of the war between Habré and the N'Djamena government. It concludes with Habré's seizure of power and his initial efforts to consolidate his rule.

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France's Wars in Chad
Military Intervention and Decolonization in Africa
, pp. 302 - 330
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Endgame
  • Nathaniel K. Powell, Lancaster University
  • Book: France's Wars in Chad
  • Online publication: 03 December 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108771610.011
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  • Endgame
  • Nathaniel K. Powell, Lancaster University
  • Book: France's Wars in Chad
  • Online publication: 03 December 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108771610.011
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  • Endgame
  • Nathaniel K. Powell, Lancaster University
  • Book: France's Wars in Chad
  • Online publication: 03 December 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108771610.011
Available formats
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