About the book: 2014 / The operations of the French army in post-colonial Africa are a special page in the modern military history of the African continent. Ivan Konovalov's book is devoted to a detailed analysis of the political reasons, the course of hostilities and the main results of African armed conflicts in which French expeditionary forces participated over the past more than half a century. The study also examines the evolution of the political motivation of the leaders of the French Republic who made decisions on military interventions in Africa.