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Congo's Violent Peace: Conflict and Struggle Since the Great African War de Kris Berwouts

Congo's Violent Peace: Conflict and Struggle Since the Great African War: African Arguments

Autor Kris Berwouts
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 iul 2017
Despite a massive investment of international diplomacy and money in recent years, the Democratic Republic of Congo remains a conflict-ridden and volatile country, marked by a series of rebellions, failed international interventions, and unworkable peace agreements.
 
 In Congo's Violent Peace, leading Congo expert Kris Berwouts provides the most comprehensive and in-depth account to date of developments since the so-called Congo Wars. Berwouts analyzes such topics as Rwanda’s destructive impact on security in Eastern Congo, the controversial elections of 2006 and 2011, the M23 uprising, as well as Joseph Kabila’s increasingly desperate attempts to cling to power. This will be an essential resource for anyone interested in this troubled, but important, country.
 
 
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781783603695
ISBN-10: 1783603690
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: Maps
Dimensiuni: 127 x 197 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: ZED BOOKS
Colecția Zed Books
Seria African Arguments

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Kris Berwouts is an independent analyst and acknowledged expert on the DRC. He is the former director of EurAc, the European NGO network for advocacy on Central Africa.
 

Cuprins

Acknowledgements
Acronyms
Maps
Introduction
1. The Resemblance of a State in a State of Ruin
2. In Search of Root Causes
3. The Elections of 2006
4. Umoja Wetu and Kagame’s Brave New World
5. The 2011 Election
6. The M23 Misadventure
7. Towards New Elections or New Violence?
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index
 

Recenzii

“Berwouts’s convincing arguments stem from his unparalleled field experience and his culturally sensitive capacity to listen to and decode the messages of both agents and victims of conflict.”

“Essential reading for all those who want to understand the current situation in Congo. Berwouts is an astute observer with profound insights and a wealth of knowledge on the country. Congo’s Violent Peace has all the makings of a classic.”

“Berwouts is one of the very rare analysts who write what the population in eastern Congo thinks and feels.”

“Few people have a better grasp of the key players than Kris Berwouts. From diplomat parties to refugee camps, from warlords to the presidential entourage, this book is essential reading for anyone truly interested in the DRC.”

“Will become indispensable reading for those seeking an understanding of the two decades of sporadic civil strife in the eastern borderlands of Congo. . . . This prospective volume is without doubt an authoritative work.”

“Berwouts paints in broad historical strokes, leavened by ample detail. The seven chapters deal with Congo’s precipitous independence and collapse; root causes of the country’s decay; the 2006 elections, held under a shaky coalition backed up by external funds; Rwanda’s surprise 2009 invasion and its aftermath; the 2011 election, which failed to reduce conflicts; the ‘misadventure’ of M23 and its shadowy links to Rwanda; and problems inherent in mounting another election.”

“Berwouts’ savvy history explores how the Democratic Republic of the Congo has changed since the official end of the war that devastated the country from the late 1990s to the early years of this century.”

“I recommend Congo’s Violent Peace as a reminder of what really happened during the last two decades in the DRC . . . to understand conflict better and to make us, external actors, better mediators to help end it.”

“Berwouts’ account, researched through a number of visits and travels throughout the DRC, is meant as a concise and up-to-date (until early January 2017) account of the political and military situation in DRC since the Great African War. . . . The main title of Berwouts’ book highlights the incongruity and horror: peace should not be violent, but for many civilians, there is little discernible difference between peacetime and wartime.”