Africa's world war : Congo, the Rwandan genocide, and the making of a continental catastrophe (Record no. 2081)

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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2008020806
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International Standard Book Number 9780195374209
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International Standard Book Number 0195374207 )
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Language code of text/sound track or separate title Eng
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Classification number DT658
Item number .P78
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 967.03/2
Edition number 22
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Prunier, Gérard.
9 (RLIN) 8727
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Africa's world war : Congo, the Rwandan genocide, and the making of a continental catastrophe
Remainder of title Congo, the Rwandan genocide, and the making of a continental catastrophe /
Statement of responsibility, etc Gérard Prunier.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Oxford ;
-- New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Oxford University Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2009.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxxviii, 529 p. :
Other physical details maps ;
Dimensions 25 cm.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Also published as: From genocide to continental war :the 'Congolese' conflict and the crisis of contemporary Africa.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (p. 469-514) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Rwanda's mixed season of hope (July 1994-April 1995) -- From Kibeho to the attack on Zaire (April 1995-October 1996) -- The Congo basin, its interlopers, and its onlookers -- Winning a virtual war (September 1996-May 1997) -- Losing the real peace (May 1997-August 1998) -- A continental war (August 1998-August 1999) -- Sinking into the quagmire (August 1999-January) -- Not with a bang, but with a whimper: the war's confused ending (January 2001-December 2002) -- From war to peace: Congolese transition and conflict deconstruction (January 2003-July 2007) -- Groping for meaning: the "Congolese" conflict and the crisis of contemporary Africa -- Appendix 1. Seth Sendashonga's murder.
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Summary, etc From the Publisher: The Rwandan genocide sparked a horrific bloodbath that swept across sub-Saharan Africa, ultimately leading to the deaths of some four million people. In this extraordinary history of the recent wars in Central Africa, Gerard Prunier offers a gripping account of how one grisly episode laid the groundwork for a sweeping and disastrous upheaval. Prunier vividly describes the grisly aftermath of the Rwandan genocide, when some two million refugees--a third of Rwanda's population--fled to exile in Zaire in 1996. The new Rwandan regime then crossed into Zaire and attacked the refugees, slaughtering upwards of 400,000 people. The Rwandan forces then turned on Zaire's despotic President Mobutu and, with the help of a number of allied African countries, overthrew him. But as Prunier shows, the collapse of the Mobutu regime and the ascension of the corrupt and erratic Laurent-Desire Kabila created a power vacuum that drew Rwanda, Uganda, Angola, Zimbabwe, Sudan, and other African nations into an extended and chaotic war. The heart of the book documents how the whole core of the African continent became engulfed in an intractable and bloody conflict after 1998, a devastating war that only wound down following the assassination of Kabila in 2001. Prunier not only captures all this in his riveting narrative, but he also indicts the international community for its utter lack of interest in what was then the largest conflict in the world. Here then is a gripping eyewitness account of the bloodiest upheaval of recent times, a book of passionate and unblinking intensity that is our best record to date of one of the great tragedies of the post-Cold War era.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Genocide
Geographic subdivision Rwanda.
9 (RLIN) 8728
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Political violence
Geographic subdivision Great Lakes Region (Africa)
9 (RLIN) 8729
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Geopolitics
Geographic subdivision Africa, Central.
9 (RLIN) 8730
650 #6 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Génocide
Geographic subdivision Rwanda.
9 (RLIN) 8731
650 #6 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Violence politique
Geographic subdivision Afrique des Grands Lacs.
9 (RLIN) 8732
650 #6 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Géopolitique
Geographic subdivision Afrique des Grands Lacs.
9 (RLIN) 8733
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Congo (Democratic Republic)
General subdivision History
Chronological subdivision 1997-
9 (RLIN) 8734
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Rwanda
General subdivision History
Chronological subdivision Civil War, 1994
General subdivision Refugees.
9 (RLIN) 8735
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Africa, Central
General subdivision Ethnic relations
-- Political aspects
Chronological subdivision 20th century.
9 (RLIN) 8736
651 #6 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Congo (République démocratique)
General subdivision Histoire
Chronological subdivision 1997-
9 (RLIN) 8737
651 #6 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Rwanda
General subdivision Histoire
Chronological subdivision 1994 (Guerre civile)
General subdivision Réfugiés.
9 (RLIN) 8738
651 #6 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Afrique des Grands Lacs
General subdivision Relations interethniques
-- Aspect politique.
9 (RLIN) 8739
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