Dancing in the Glory of Monsters The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa

Name: Dancing in the Glory of Monsters The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa
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ISBN: 9781586489298

ISBN-10: 1586489291

ISBN-13: 9781586489298

Edition: 2011

Authors: Jason Stearns

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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 hunting and methodical extermination of fellow refugees, and key architects of the war that became as great…

Book details

List price: $33.50
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication date: 3/29/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Acronyms


Maps


Introduction: Understanding the Violence



Prewar



The Legacy of Genocide



Aiding and Abetting



A Country in Ruins



Six Days



Onion Layers



Mzee



The First War



Many Wars in One



The Dominoes Fall



A Thousand Miles Through the Jungle



This Is How You Fight



A Wounded Leopard



The King Is Dead; Long Live the King



The Second War



One War Too Many



The Rebel Professor



The Rebel Start-Up



Cain and Abel



Sorcerers' Apprentices



The Assassination of Mzee



Paying for the War



Neither War Nor Peace



The Bearer of Eggs


Conclusion: The Congo, On Its Own Terms


Notes


Index