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The great African war : Congo and regional geopolitics, 1996-2006 /
This book examines a decade-long period of instability, violence and state decay in Central Africa from 1996, when the war started, to 2006, when elections formally ended the political transition in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). A unique combination of circumstances explain the unravelling...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover
- Half-title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Maps
- Introduction
- 1 A Region in Turmoil
- 1.1 Kivu: Land of Confrontation
- National Context
- Crises of Identity, of Land and of Politics
- The New Given: Influx of Hutu Refugees
- South Kivu: The Banyamulenge
- 1.2 Rwanda: from Genocide to Dictatorship
- The Power Base
- The Drift
- 'Burundisation' of Rwanda
- Militarisation of the Political Landscape
- Continuity in Managing the State
- 1.3 Burundi: from Putsch to Civil War
- Creeping Coup
- Extension of the Civil War
- Coup of 25 July 1996 and its Aftermath
- 1.4 Regional Junctions
- 2 The 'War of Liberation'
- 2.1 The Banyamulenge Rebellion and the Rwandan Operation
- 2.2 The Other Eastern Neighbours: Uganda And Burundi
- 2.3 Angola Enters The Fray: Kinshasa In 100 Days
- 2.4 Other Regional Allies
- 2.5 U.S. Involvement
- Logistical and Political Support
- Supply of Material and Personnel
- Incoherence
- Degree of involvement
- 3 Massacre of the Rwandan Refugees
- 3.1 Aborted International Intervention
- 3.2 Crimes Against Humanity: Genocide?
- Attacks against Refugee Camps and Concentrations
- Humanitarian Assistance Withheld or Used as Bait
- Separation of Men from Women and Children
- Involvement of the RPA
- Massacres of Other Groups
- 3.3 The Force of Manipulation
- 4 The Fall of the Mobutist State
- 4.1 The Players
- Laurent-Dsir Kabila and the Alliance des Forces Dmocratiques pour la Libration du Congo-Zare (AFDL)
- The Forces Armes Zaroises (FAZ) and Their Allies
- 4.2 The Diplomatic Ballet
- 4.3 Meanwhile, In Kinshasa, The Orchestra on the titanic
- 4.4 The New Geopolitical Situation
- 5 Congo: Waiting for Another War
- 5.1 The 'Liberated Territories' in the East
- Two Problems Worse Than Before
- Massive Human Rights Violations.
- Practices of Governance
- 5.2 The End of an Alliance and the Prelude to a New War
- The Regime Adrift
- The Art of Making Enemies
- Towards a New War
- 6 Impasse in Rwanda and Burundi
- 6.1 The Civil Wars
- 6.2 Political Or Military Outcomes?
- 6.4 Institutional Developments and Practice of Governance
- 7 The First African World War
- 7.1 From Goma to Kitona, and to Military Stalemate
- 7.2 Shifting Alliances
- 7.3 Wars Within the War
- The Kivus
- Ituri
- 7.4 Privatisation and Criminalisation
- State Collapse and the Privatisation of Public Space
- Criminalisation of States and Economies
- 8 Negotiating the Transition
- The Regime in Kinshasa
- The Rebel Movements
- 8.2 The False Start of Negotiations: From Victoria Falls to the Death of Laurent Kabila
- Many Cooks In The Same Kitchen
- The Lusaka Process
- From Lusaka to the Assassination of Laurent Kabila
- 8.3 Towards an Imposed Settlement: From the Accession of Joseph Kabila to Sun City
- A Dynastic Succession
- From Sun City to Pretoria, and Back to Sun City
- 8.4 Political Transition in Conflict
- The Bumpy Road Towards Elections
- The 2006 Elections
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Sources on the Killings of Rwandan Refugees in Early 1997
- 1 Un Documents
- 2 Documents by International NGOS
- 3 Books
- 4 Documents by Local NGOS
- 5 Testimonies by Local People or Concerned Groups
- 6 Other Testimonies
- 7 Investigative Journalism
- Appendix 2 Chronology
- 1993
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996
- 1997
- 1998
- 1999
- 2000
- 2001
- 2002
- 2003
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- Appendix 3 List of Abbreviations
- References
- Index.