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Author	Peterson, Brian James.
Title	Thomas Sankara : a revolutionary in Cold War Africa / Brian J. Peterson.
Publication Info.	Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2021]
	©2021

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 7	92 S2275 P	IN LIBRARY

Description	xii, 333 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references(pages 307-316) and index.
Contents	Coming of Age in the Shadow of Colonialism, 1949-1966 -- Education of a Revolutionary, 1966-1973 -- A Rising Star: Soldiers and the Political Left, 1973-1982 -- From Political Prisoner to Populist Prime Minister, 1982-1983 -- The "Revolution of August 4" and the People's President -- "This Man Who Unsettles": Confronting the Neocolonial Order, 1983-1984 -- The Struggle for Unity, 1983-1984 -- "Daring to Invent the Future": Nation Building and the Promise of Revolutionary Change, 1984-1985 -- Politics Is War and War Is Politics: Sankara in the International Arena, 1984-1985 -- Revolutionary Duties and Perils, 1986-1987 -- No Turning Back: The Road to October 15, 1987.
Subject	Sankara, Thomas.
	Presidents -- Burkina Faso -- Biography.
	Burkina Faso -- Politics and government -- 1960-1987.
	Conseil national de la révolution (Burkina Faso) -- History.
	Revolutions -- Burkina Faso -- History -- 20th century.
	Cold War.
	Burkina Faso -- Biography.
Added Title	Revolutionary in Cold War Africa
ISBN	9780253053756 hardcover
	0253053757 hardcover
	9780253053763 paperback
	0253053765 paperback
	9780253053770 electronic book
Standard No.	40030456588

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