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The Dynamics of Violence in Central Africa
Taschenbuch von Rene Lemarchand (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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Endowed with natural resources, majestic bodies of fresh water, and a relatively mild climate, the Great Lakes region of Central Africa has also been the site of some of the world's bloodiest atrocities. In Rwanda, Burundi, and the Congo-Kinshasa, decades of colonial subjugation--most infamously under Belgium's Leopold II--were followed by decades of civil warfare that spilled into neighboring countries. When these conflicts lead to horrors such as the 1994 Rwandan genocide, ethnic difference and postcolonial legacies are commonly blamed, but, with so much at stake, such simple explanations cannot take the place of detailed, dispassionate analysis.

The Dynamics of Violence in Central Africa provides a thorough exploration of the contemporary crises in the region. By focusing on the historical and social forces behind the cycles of bloodshed in Rwanda, Burundi, and the Congo-Kinshasa, René Lemarchand challenges much of the conventional wisdom about the roots of civil strife in former Belgian Africa. He offers telling insights into the appalling cycle of genocidal violence, ethnic strife, and civil war that has made the Great Lakes region of Central Africa the most violent on the continent, and he sheds new light on the dynamics of conflict in the region.

Building on a full career of scholarship and fieldwork, Lemarchand's analysis breaks new ground in our understanding of the complex historical forces that continue to shape the destinies of one of Africa's most important regions.
Endowed with natural resources, majestic bodies of fresh water, and a relatively mild climate, the Great Lakes region of Central Africa has also been the site of some of the world's bloodiest atrocities. In Rwanda, Burundi, and the Congo-Kinshasa, decades of colonial subjugation--most infamously under Belgium's Leopold II--were followed by decades of civil warfare that spilled into neighboring countries. When these conflicts lead to horrors such as the 1994 Rwandan genocide, ethnic difference and postcolonial legacies are commonly blamed, but, with so much at stake, such simple explanations cannot take the place of detailed, dispassionate analysis.

The Dynamics of Violence in Central Africa provides a thorough exploration of the contemporary crises in the region. By focusing on the historical and social forces behind the cycles of bloodshed in Rwanda, Burundi, and the Congo-Kinshasa, René Lemarchand challenges much of the conventional wisdom about the roots of civil strife in former Belgian Africa. He offers telling insights into the appalling cycle of genocidal violence, ethnic strife, and civil war that has made the Great Lakes region of Central Africa the most violent on the continent, and he sheds new light on the dynamics of conflict in the region.

Building on a full career of scholarship and fieldwork, Lemarchand's analysis breaks new ground in our understanding of the complex historical forces that continue to shape the destinies of one of Africa's most important regions.
Über den Autor
Rene Lemarchand is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Florida.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

PART I. THE REGIONAL CONTEXT

Chapter 1. The Geopolitics of the Great Lakes Region

Chapter 2. The Road to Hell

PART II. RWANDA AND BURUNDI: THE GENOCIDAL TWINS
Comparative Perspectives

Chapter 3. Ethnicity as Myth

Chapter 4. Genocide in the Great Lakes: Which Genocide? Whose Genocide?

Rwanda

Chapter 5. The Rationality of Genocide

Chapter 6. Hate Crimes

Chapter 7. The Politics of Memory

Chapter 8. Rwanda and the Holocaust Reconsidered

Burundi

Chapter 9. Burundi 1972: A Forgotten Genocide

Chapter 10. Burundi at the Crossroads

Chapter 11. Burundi's Endangered Transition

PART III. THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: FROM FAILED STATE TO FRAGILE TRANSITION

Chapter 12. A Blocked Transition: Zaire in 1993

Chapter 13. Ethnic Violence, Public Policies, and Social Capital in North Kivu

Chapter 14. The DRC: From Failure to Potential Reconstruction

Chapter 15. The Tunnel at the End of the Light

Chapter 16. From Kabila to Kabila: What Else Is New?

Notes

Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780812220902
ISBN-10: 0812220900
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Lemarchand, Rene
Lemarchand, René
Hersteller: University of Pennsylvania Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Maße: 228 x 154 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Rene Lemarchand (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 19.11.2009
Gewicht: 0,544 kg
Artikel-ID: 101521307
Über den Autor
Rene Lemarchand is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Florida.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

PART I. THE REGIONAL CONTEXT

Chapter 1. The Geopolitics of the Great Lakes Region

Chapter 2. The Road to Hell

PART II. RWANDA AND BURUNDI: THE GENOCIDAL TWINS
Comparative Perspectives

Chapter 3. Ethnicity as Myth

Chapter 4. Genocide in the Great Lakes: Which Genocide? Whose Genocide?

Rwanda

Chapter 5. The Rationality of Genocide

Chapter 6. Hate Crimes

Chapter 7. The Politics of Memory

Chapter 8. Rwanda and the Holocaust Reconsidered

Burundi

Chapter 9. Burundi 1972: A Forgotten Genocide

Chapter 10. Burundi at the Crossroads

Chapter 11. Burundi's Endangered Transition

PART III. THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: FROM FAILED STATE TO FRAGILE TRANSITION

Chapter 12. A Blocked Transition: Zaire in 1993

Chapter 13. Ethnic Violence, Public Policies, and Social Capital in North Kivu

Chapter 14. The DRC: From Failure to Potential Reconstruction

Chapter 15. The Tunnel at the End of the Light

Chapter 16. From Kabila to Kabila: What Else Is New?

Notes

Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780812220902
ISBN-10: 0812220900
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Lemarchand, Rene
Lemarchand, René
Hersteller: University of Pennsylvania Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Maße: 228 x 154 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Rene Lemarchand (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 19.11.2009
Gewicht: 0,544 kg
Artikel-ID: 101521307
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