The Congo-Zaire Experience, 1960-98 (Hardcover)

E. O'Ballance

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This is the account of a huge Central African country, almost completely unprepared for liberation from colonial rule in 1960, plunged into the anarchy of factional struggles for central power, against a background of regional separatism. A UN force stepped in to prevent the mineral rich province of Katanga from breaking away and stayed for nearly four years, after which quarrelling warlords fought for central power, or for or against separatism. In 1965, Mobutu came to power, ruling as a dictator his Single Party State, until he was finally toppled in 1997 by a Tutsi backed invasion force led by Kabila.

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Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 1999
First published:	2000
Authors:	E. O'Ballance
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	205
ISBN-13:	978-0-333-74791-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Colonization & independence Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > History > African history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Promotions
LSN:	0-333-74791-7
Barcode:	9780333747919