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The dynamics of violence in central Africa

Title
The dynamics of violence in central Africa / René Lemarchand.
Author
Lemarchand, René.
Publication
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009.

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Description
xv, 327 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Series Statement
National and ethnic conflict in the 21st century
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-311) and index.
Contents
The regional context. The geopolitics of the Great Lakes Region ; The road to Hell -- Rwanda and Burundi: the genocidal twins. Comparative perspectives. Ethnicity as myth ; Genocide in the Great Lakes: which genocide? Whose genocide? ; Rwanda. The rationality of genocide ; Hate crimes ; The politics of memory ; Rwanda and the Holocaust reconsidered ; Burundi. Burundi 1972: a forgotten genocide ; Burundi at the crossroads ; Burundi's endangered transition -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo: from failed state to fragile transition. A blocked transition: Zaire in 1993 ; Ethnic violence, public policies, and social capital in North Kivu ; The DRC: from failure to potential reconstruction ; The tunnel at the end of the light ; From Kabila to Kabila: what else is new?
Call Number
Sc E 09-214
ISBN
  • 9780812241204 (alk. paper)
  • 0812241207 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2008018612
OCLC
227327648
Author
Lemarchand, René.
Title
The dynamics of violence in central Africa / René Lemarchand.
Imprint
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009.
Series
National and ethnic conflict in the 21st century
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-311) and index.
Research Call Number
Sc E 09-214
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