Liberation Politics and the Outbreak of Africa's Deadliest ConflictRoessler, Philip G.creatorauthor.Verhoeven, Harryauthor.textbibliographyHistory.enk20162016monographiceng

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xix, 483 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cmIntroduction -- 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.Philip Roessler, Harry Verhoeven.Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-447) and index.f-cg--- Since 1900 fast Political violenceCongo (Democratic Republic)History20th centuryEthnic conflictCongo (Democratic Republic)History20th centuryEthnic conflictPolitical violencePolitics and governmentCongo (Democratic Republic)History1997-Congo (Democratic Republic)Politics and government1997-Congo (Democratic Republic)DT658.25 .R64 2016967.5103/39780190611354978019086455201906113592017287329BTCTA17031320260518064548.019550612eng