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Africa's world war : Congo, the Rwandan genocide, and the making of a continental catastrophe / Gérard Prunier.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.Description: xxxviii, 529 p. : maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780195374209 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 0195374207 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 967.03/2 22
LOC classification:
  • DT658.26 .P78 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Rwanda's mixed season of hope (Jul 1994 - Apr 1995) -- From Kibeho to the attack on Zaire (Apr 1995 - Oct 1996) -- The Congo basin, its interlopers, and its onlookers (Zaire, Sudanese & Ugandans, Angolan conflict) -- Winning a virtual war (Sep 1996 - May 1997) -- Losing the real peace (Kabila, Luanda/Brazzaville, the DRC, Kivus, May 1997 - Aug 1998) -- A continental war (Augu 1998 - Aug 1999, Kinshasa, Lusaka) -- Sinking into the quagmire (Aug 1999 - Jan 2001, Rwanda, Uganda, Zimbabwe, MONUC, Mzee) -- Not with a bang, but with a whimper: the war's confused ending (Jan 2001 - Dec 2002) -- From war to peace: Congolese transition and conflict deconstruction (Jan 2003-Jul 2007) -- Groping for meaning: the "Congolese" conflict and the crisis of contemporary Africa -- Seth Sendashonga's murder.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 469-514) and index.

Rwanda's mixed season of hope (Jul 1994 - Apr 1995) -- From Kibeho to the attack on Zaire (Apr 1995 - Oct 1996) -- The Congo basin, its interlopers, and its onlookers (Zaire, Sudanese & Ugandans, Angolan conflict) -- Winning a virtual war (Sep 1996 - May 1997) -- Losing the real peace (Kabila, Luanda/Brazzaville, the DRC, Kivus, May 1997 - Aug 1998) -- A continental war (Augu 1998 - Aug 1999, Kinshasa, Lusaka) -- Sinking into the quagmire (Aug 1999 - Jan 2001, Rwanda, Uganda, Zimbabwe, MONUC, Mzee) -- Not with a bang, but with a whimper: the war's confused ending (Jan 2001 - Dec 2002) -- From war to peace: Congolese transition and conflict deconstruction (Jan 2003-Jul 2007) -- Groping for meaning: the "Congolese" conflict and the crisis of contemporary Africa -- Seth Sendashonga's murder.

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