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
Autores principales: Kennes, Erik (Autor), Larmer, Miles (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Front de liberation nationale du Congo.
Front de liberation nationale du Congo > History.
Militia.
Autonomy and independence movements.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Human Rights.
HISTORY > Africa > Central.
Congo (Democratic Republic) > Katanga.
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Angola.
Central Africa.
Afrique centrale > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Africa, Central > History > 20th century.
Angola > History > Autonomy and independence movements.
Congo (Democratic Republic) > History > Autonomy and independence movements.
Katanga (Congo) > Militia > History.
History.
Electronic books.
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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