Why comrades go to war : liberation politics and the outbreak of Africa's deadliest conflict / Philip Roessler and Harry Verhoeven.
Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017Description: 1 online resource : maps (black and white).Content type: text | cartographic image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190686581 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Political violence -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 20th century | Ethnic conflict -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 20th century | Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 1997-
| Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Politics and government -- 1997-Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190611354DDC classification: 967.51033 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Drawing on hundreds of interviews with protagonists from Congo, Rwanda, Angola, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Africa, Belgium, France, the UK and the US, 'Why Comrades Go to War' offers a theoretical and empirical account of Africa's Great War. It argues that the seeds of Africa's Great War were sown in the revolutionary struggle against Mobutu - the way the revolution came together, the way it was organized, and, paradoxically, the very way it succeeded. In particular, the work argues that the overthrow of Mobutu proved a Pyrrhic victory because the protagonists ignored the philosophy of Julius Nyerere, the father of Africa's liberation movements.
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Previously issued in print: 2016.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Drawing on hundreds of interviews with protagonists from Congo, Rwanda, Angola, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Africa, Belgium, France, the UK and the US, 'Why Comrades Go to War' offers a theoretical and empirical account of Africa's Great War. It argues that the seeds of Africa's Great War were sown in the revolutionary struggle against Mobutu - the way the revolution came together, the way it was organized, and, paradoxically, the very way it succeeded. In particular, the work argues that the overthrow of Mobutu proved a Pyrrhic victory because the protagonists ignored the philosophy of Julius Nyerere, the father of Africa's liberation movements.
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