Research Catalog

Title

Resilience of a nation : a history of the military in Rwanda / Frank K. Rusagara with Gitura Mwaura and Gérard Nyirimanzi.

Author

Rusagara, Frank K.

Publication

Kigali : Fountain Publishers Rwanda, 2009.

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Additional Authors

• Mwaura, Gitura.
• Nyirimanzi, Gérard

Description

xxi, 221 p. : ill., maps; 21 cm.

Summary

Examines the role that the military has played throughout the history of Rwanda. Looks at the different phases of the Rwandan military from the traditional, the colonial and immediate post-independence military to the present. Shows how the military played a central sociopolitical role in what became of Rwanda when slave traders could not tread its soil, to its lowest moment during the 1994 genocide. Also shows how the military led the way in re uniting a shattered people and country to becoming a democratic state.

Subjects

• Military history
• History
• Rwanda > Armed Forces > History
• Rwanda > History, Military

Genre/Form

• History
• Military history

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-218) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ku-aanda : the formation and growth of the Rwandan pre-colonial state -- The Rwandan monarchy (Ubwami) -- The traditional Rwandan military : Ingabo z'u Rwanda -- King Kigeri IV Rwabugiri (1853-1895) : the end of Ku-aanda and the advent of colonialism The demise of the traditional Rwandan military -- The joint conspiracy between the Catholic Church and the colonial administration -- Living the legacy of Force Publique -- Rudahigwa : towards nationalism -- The mixed fortunes of Inyenzi -- Habyarimana and the post-colonial military -- Inkotanyi : the genesis and struggle of the Rwanda patriotic front -- Rediscovering Ingabo z'u Rwanda Abatabazi bagira ubatemera (laying the ground for the RDF).

ISBN

9789970190010

LCCN

^^2009314258

OCLC

• 367422208
• SCSB-12809881

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library