Why Comrades Go To War : Liberation Politics and the Outbreak of Africa's Deadliest Conflict / Philip Roessler, Harry Verhoeven.
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TextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: xix, 483 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780190611354
- 9780190864552
- 0190611359
- Liberation Politics and the Outbreak of Africa's Deadliest Conflict
- Since 1900
- Political violence -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 20th century
- Ethnic conflict -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 20th century
- Ethnic conflict
- Political violence
- Politics and government
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 1997-
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Politics and government -- 1997-
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- 967.5103/3 23
- DT658.25 .R64 2016
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal Collection | International Peace Support Training Centre (IPSTC) | DT658.25 .R64 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 200129012020 |
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.
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