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Roessler, Philip G.,

Why Comrades Go To War : Liberation Politics and the Outbreak of Africa's Deadliest Conflict / Liberation Politics and the Outbreak of Africa's Deadliest Conflict Philip Roessler, Harry Verhoeven. - xix, 483 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-447) and index.

Introduction -- Liberation, counter-revolution and war -- Winning the war, losing the peace: the liberation of Zaire and the outbreak of Africa's Great War -- The gathering storm: Mobutu's Zaire, the African Liberation Project and the Rwandan patriotic front -- Comrades preparing for war: the alliance to overthrow Mobutu -- The campaign: the sprint to Kinshasa and the Rwandan-Angolan Cold War -- The post-Mobutu order and politics after liberation -- The unraveling: internal and external strains on the Alliance - Back against the wall: the return of the Génocidaire threat -- Kabila's pre-emptive stike: the Kinshasa endgame -- Comrades go to war: triangular diplomacy between Kinshasa, Kigali and Luanda -- Why comrades go to war.

ISBN: 9780190611354 9780190864552 0190611359

LCCN: 2017287329

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
Since 1900

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Political violence--History--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Ethnic conflict--History--Congo (Democratic Republic)--20th century.
Ethnic conflict.
Political violence.
Politics and government.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--History--1997-
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Politics and government--1997-
Congo (Democratic Republic)

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: DT658.25 / .R64 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 967.5103/3