The dynamics of violence in central Africa

The dynamics of violence in central Africa / Rene Lemarchand.

This collection of essays explores the contemporary crises in Rwanda, Burundi, and the Congo-Kinshasa, offering important new insights into the cycle of genocidal violence, ethnic strife, and civil war that has made the Great Lakes region of Central Africa the most violent on the continent.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lemarchand, René (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2009.
Series:National and ethnic conflict in the 21st century.
Subjects:
Since 1960
Political violence > Great Lakes Region (Africa)
Geopolitics > Great Lakes Region (Africa)
Genocide > Great Lakes Region (Africa)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Developing & Emerging Countries.
Economic history
Ethnic relations > Political aspects
Genocide
Geopolitics
Politics and government
Political violence
Africa, Central > Politics and government > 1960-
Africa, Central > Economic conditions > 1960-
Africa, Central > Ethnic relations > Political aspects.
Central Africa
Africa > Great Lakes Region
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Summary:This collection of essays explores the contemporary crises in Rwanda, Burundi, and the Congo-Kinshasa, offering important new insights into the cycle of genocidal violence, ethnic strife, and civil war that has made the Great Lakes region of Central Africa the most violent on the continent.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 327 pages) : maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-311) and index.
ISBN:9780812202595
0812202597
0812241207
9780812241204
0812220900
9780812220902
Language:In English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed March 4, 2016).

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