Radio War Nerd EP #443 — France's Wars in Chad, feat. Nathaniel Powell (Patreon)

Guest: Nathaniel Powell

Recorded: May 7, 2024

Since 1960, France has intervened in Chad more than in any other of its former colonies, with increasingly disastrous results each time. With France's neo-empire in Africa imploding, we talk to Nathaniel Powell about his book France's Wars in Chad to understand how their interventions failed, and to get a sense of why France is currently facing so much blowback in its former colonies.

*Maps & Images

*New York Times, 1970, showing French Legionnaires killing Chadian rebel

*Tombalbaye

*Maps

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Buy Nathaniel Powell's book France's Wars in Chad: Military Intervention and Decolonization in Africa. Follow Nathaniel on Twitter.

Check out RWN EP #278 — Idriss Déby & Chaditude

Music interlude by Brendon Anderegg. Check out music from his group Mountains here.

Total time: 1:33:10

Direct link to this episode's mp3 here

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