Thom (retired, defense analyst and Africa specialist, US Defense Intelligence Agency) draws from his 35 years as an intelligence officer as he explores 40 years of warfare in Africa. As much as it is a history, the book also is a memoir that traces the author's training and education, the challenges, and his own confrontations with the intelligence bureaucracy. For that reason, the book also tells the story of life in the defense intelligence community. Distributed by Michigan State U. Press. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)