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Author Prunier, Gérard.

Title Africa's world war : Congo, the Rwandan genocide, and the making of a continental catastrophe / Gérard Prunier.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  967.032 PRUNIER    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  967.571 P953    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  967.03 PRU    Check Shelf
Description xxxviii, 529 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-514) and index.
Contents Rwanda's mixed season of hope (Jul 1994 - Apr 1995) -- From Kibeho to the attack on Zaire (Apr 1995 - Oct 1996) -- The Congo basin, its interlopers, and its onlookers (Zaire, Sudanese & Ugandans, Angolan conflict) -- Winning a virtual war (Sep 1996 - May 1997) -- Losing the real peace (Kabila, Luanda/Brazzaville, the DRC, Kivus, May 1997 - Aug 1998) -- A continental war (Augu 1998 - Aug 1999, Kinshasa, Lusaka) -- Sinking into the quagmire (Aug 1999 - Jan 2001, Rwanda, Uganda, Zimbabwe, MONUC, Mzee) -- Not with a bang, but with a whimper: the war's confused ending (Jan 2001 - Dec 2002) -- From war to peace: Congolese transition and conflict deconstruction (Jan 2003-Jul 2007) -- Groping for meaning: the "Congolese" conflict and the crisis of contemporary Africa -- Seth Sendashonga's murder.
Subject Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 1997-
Rwanda -- History -- Civil War, 1994 -- Refugees.
Genocide -- Rwanda.
Political violence -- Great Lakes Region (Africa)
Africa, Central -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects -- 20th century.
Geopolitics -- Africa, Central.
ISBN 9780195374209 hardback alkaline paper
0195374207 hardback alkaline paper
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