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Author Stearns, Jason K.

Title Dancing in the glory of monsters : the collapse of the Congo and the great war of Africa / Jason K. Stearns.

Publication Info. New York : PublicAffairs, [2011]
©2011

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  967.51 STEARNS    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  967.51 ST31    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  967.5103 STEARNS    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  967.51034 ST    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xii, 380 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-365) and index.
Contents Part I : Prewar. The legacy of genocide ; Aiding and abetting ; A country in ruins ; Six days ; Onion layers ; Mzee -- Part II : The first war. Many wars in one ; The dominoes fall ; A thousand miles through the jungle ; This is how you fight ; A wounded leopard ; The king is dead, long live the king -- Part III : The second war. One war too many ; The rebel professor ; The rebel start-up ; Cain and Abel ; Sorcerers' apprentices ; The assassination of Mzee ; Paying for the war -- Part IV : Neither war nor peace. The bearer of eggs -- Conclusion : The Congo, on its own terms.
Subject Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 1997-
Political violence -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
Ethnic conflict -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
War and society -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
Genocide -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
Massacres -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
ISBN 9781586489298 hardcover $28.99
1586489291 hardcover
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