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Dancing in the Glory of Monsters - The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa (Paperback) Loot Price: R462
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Dancing in the Glory of Monsters - The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa (Paperback)

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 a disaster as--and was a direct consequence of--the genocide in neighboring Rwanda. Through their stories, he tries to understand why such mass violence made sense, and why stability has been so elusive.

Through their voices, and an astonishing wealth of knowledge and research, Stearns chronicles the political, social, and moral decay of the Congolese State.

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Imprint: PublicAffairs,U.S.
Country of origin: United States
Release date: April 2012
First published: March 2012
Authors: Jason Stearns
Dimensions: 210 x 140 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 978-1-61039-107-8
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > African history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Armed conflict
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns
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
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LSN: 1-61039-107-1
Barcode: 9781610391078

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