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The Congo Wars: Conflict, Myth and Reality (Paperback)
$31.71 - Save $1.67 (5%) - RRP $33.38 Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for The Congo WarsWith the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide exercising its shockwaves, and United Nations troops in position, but apparently powerless to secure the lives of ordinary citizens, this book sheds light on the interventions of other African powers in the region and cuts through the historical myths that people in the region and beyond resort to.
Full description- Publisher: ZED BOOKS LTD
- Published: 28 March 2007
- Format: Paperback 235 pages
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- Categories: International Relations | African History | Postwar 20th Century History, From C 1945 To C 2000 | Military History
- ISBN 13: 9781842776896 ISBN 10: 1842776894
- Sales rank: 232,177
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Full description for The Congo Wars
Successive waves of armed conflict, mind-numbing atrocities against civilian populations and the persistent pillage of innocent villagers' meagre possessions have been the reality of Eastern Congo since 1996. There have been at least 3 million overwhelmingly civilian casualties and constant military interventions of a partisan and economically self-interested kind by Uganda, Angola, Zimbabwe and Namibia in what is the world's least reported and least understood major war. With the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide still exercising its shockwaves, and United Nations troops in position, but apparently powerless to secure the lives of ordinary citizens, this book throws new light on the interventions of other African powers in the region and cuts through the highly tendentious, competing historical myths that people in the region and beyond resort to in trying to make sense of what is happening.
