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The Katangese Gendarmes and War in Central Africa : Fighting Their Way Home / Erik Kennes and Miles Larmer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kennes, Erik, author.
- Larmer, Miles, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Africa, Central--History--20th century.
- Africa, Central.
- Angola--History--Autonomy and independence movements.
- Angola.
- Democratic Republic of the Congo--History--Autonomy and independence movements.
- Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Katanga (Congo)--Militia--History.
- Katanga (Congo).
- Front de libération nationale du Congo--History.
- Front de libération nationale du Congo.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (318 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Indiana ; Indianapolis, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Kennes and Larmer show how the paths not taken at Africa's independence persist in contemporary political and military movements and bring new understandings to the challenges that personal and collective identities pose to the relationship between African nation-states and their citizens and subjects.
- Contents:
- Becoming Katanga
- The Katangese secession, 1960-1963
- Into exile and back, 1963-1967
- With the Portuguese, 1967-1974
- The Katangese gendarmes in the Angolan Civil War, 1974-1976
- The Shaba wars
- Disarmament and division, 1979-1996
- The overthrow of Mobutu and after, 1996-2015.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780253021502
- 0253021502
- OCLC:
- 951749420
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