Bibliograph

Why comrades go to war, liberation politics and the outbreak of Africa's deadliest conflict, Philip Roessler and Harry Verhoeven

Type

Label

Why comrades go to war, liberation politics and the outbreak of Africa's deadliest conflict, Philip Roessler and Harry Verhoeven

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Why comrades go to war

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

989709915

Responsibility statement

Philip Roessler and Harry Verhoeven

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Sub title

liberation politics and the outbreak of Africa's deadliest conflict

Summary

Drawing on hundreds of interviews with protagonists from Congo, Rwanda, Angola, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Africa, Belgium, France, the UK and the US, 'Why Comrades Go to War' offers a theoretical and empirical account of Africa's Great War. It argues that the seeds of Africa's Great War were sown in the revolutionary struggle against Mobutu - the way the revolution came together, the way it was organized, and, paradoxically, the very way it succeeded. In particular, the work argues that the overthrow of Mobutu proved a Pyrrhic victory because the protagonists ignored the philosophy of Julius Nyerere, the father of Africa's liberation movements.--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

specialized

Contributor