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

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Stearns, Jason K.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Political violence--Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Political violence.
Ethnic conflict--Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Ethnic conflict.
War and society--Democratic Republic of the Congo.
War and society.
Genocide--Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Genocide.
Massacres--Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Massacres.
Democratic Republic of the Congo--History--1997-.
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (417 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
New York : PublicAffairs, 2011.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
At the heart of Africa is Congo, a country the size of Western Europe, bordering nine other nations, that since 1996 has been wracked by a brutal and unstaunchable war in which millions have died. And yet, despite its epic proportions, it has received little sustained media attention. In this deeply reported book, Jason Stearns vividly tells the story of this misunderstood conflict through the experiences of those who engineered and perpetrated it. He depicts village pastors who survived massacres, the child soldier assassin of President Kabila, a female Hutu activist who relives the
Contents:
pt. 1. Prewar
pt. 2. The first war
pt. 3. The second war
pt. 4. Neither war nor peace.
Notes:
First paperback edition published by PublicAffairs, 2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9786613617897
9781280588068
1280588063
9781610391597
1610391594
OCLC:
759837684

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