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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lemarchand, René (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2009.
Colección:National and ethnic conflict in the 21st century.
Temas:
Since 1960
Political violence > Great Lakes Region (Africa)
Geopolitics > Great Lakes Region (Africa)
Genocide > Great Lakes Region (Africa)
Violence politique > Grands Lacs, Région des (Afrique)
Géopolitique > Grands Lacs, Région des (Afrique)
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.
Afrique centrale > Politique et gouvernement > 1960-
Afrique centrale > Conditions économiques > 1960-
Afrique centrale > Relations interethniques > Aspect politique.
Central Africa
Africa > Great Lakes Region
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1: The Geopolitics of the Great Lakes Region
  • Chapter 2: The Road to Hell
  • Chapter 3: Ethnicity as Myth
  • Chapter 4: Genocide in the Great Lakes: Which Genocide? Whose Genocide?
  • Chapter 5: The Rationality of Genocide
  • Chapter 6: Hate Crimes
  • Chapter 7: The Politics of Memory
  • Chapter 8: Rwanda and the Holocaust Reconsidered
  • Chapter 9: Burundi 1972: A Forgotten Genocide
  • Chapter 10: Burundi at the Crossroads
  • Chapter 11: Burundi's Endangered Transition
  • Map 5
  • Chapter 12: A Blocked Transition: Zaire in 1993
  • Chapter 13: Ethnic Violence, Public Policies, and Social Capital in North Kivu
  • Chapter 14: The DRC: From Failure to Potential Reconstruction
  • Chapter 15: The Tunnel at the End of the Light
  • Chapter 16: From Kabila to Kabila: What Else Is New?
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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