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"Studies by noted scholars and analysts from the academic and government research communities, covering a wide variety of public affairs and political issues in emerging independent African nations. Representative sources of these reports include the Rand Corporation, the Army War College, the Agency for International Development; the General Accounting Office; the Smithsonian; the Brookings Institution; the American University; JPRS; and the Center for International Studies at M.I.T. The collection emphasizes problems of military control and security, domestic and political strife, and economic development. Sample titles include: 'Namibia 1979: Another Angola'; 'U.N. Peacekeeping in the Congo: 1960-1964'; 'Case Studies in Insurgency and Revolutionary Warfare: Algeria 1954-1962'; and 'The Warrior Heritage: A Study of Rhodesia (1980)'"--The Library of Congress Guide to the Microform Collections in the Humanities and Social Sciences Division, online version.