The Congo wars : conflict, myth and reality / Thomas Turner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turner, Thomas, 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Low-intensity conflicts (Military science)--Congo (Democratic Republic).

Low-intensity conflicts (Military science).

Congo (Democratic Republic).

Political violence--Congo (Democratic Republic).

Political violence.

Congo (Democratic Republic)--Politics and government--1997-.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

x, 243 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Zed Books Ltd. ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Summary:

This book, by a lifelong authority on the Congo, makes sense of the world's least reported and least understood major war. Since 1996 successive waves of armed conflict in the Congo have left behind at least 3 million casualties, overwhelmingly civilian. Turner throws new light on partisan and economically self-interested military interventions by Uganda, Angola, Zimbabwe and Namibia. And he cuts through the highly tendentious historical myths that have been used to make sense of the unfolding catastrophe both in the region and beyond. The book also indicates the changes required of the international community, neighboring African states and Congolese political leaders if this hugely resource-rich region of Central Africa is to build peace and economic security for its people.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-233) and index.

ISBN:

1842776886

1842776894

9781842776889

9781842776896

OCLC:

87734818

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