The Katangese gendarmes and war in Central Africa : fighting their way home /

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Erik Kennes and Miles Larmer provide a history of the Katangese gendarmes and their largely undocumented role in many of the most important political and military conflicts in Central Africa. Katanga, located in today's Democratic Republic of Congo, seceded in 1960 as Congo achieved independenc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Kennes, Erik (Autor), Larmer, Miles (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2016.
Temas:
Front de libération nationale du Congo > History.
Front de libération nationale du Congo
1900-1999
HISTORY > Africa > Central.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Human Rights.
Autonomy and independence movements
Militia
Katanga (Congo) > Militia > History.
Congo (Democratic Republic) > History > Autonomy and independence movements.
Angola > History > Autonomy and independence movements.
Africa, Central > History > 20th century.
Afrique centrale > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Central Africa
Angola
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Congo (Democratic Republic) > Katanga
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Becoming Katanga
  • The Katangese secession, 1960-1963
  • Into exile and back, 1963-1967
  • With the Portuguese, 1967-1974
  • The Katangese gendarmes in the Angolan Civil War, 1974-1976
  • The Shaba wars
  • Disarmament and division, 1979-1996
  • The overthrow of Mobutu and after, 1996-2015.

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