Why Comrades Go to War: Liberation Politics and the Outbreak of Africa's Deadliest Conflict

by Philip Roessler and Harry Verhoeven

Book Overview

In October 1996, a motley crew of ageing Marxists and unemployed youth coalesced to revolt against Mobutu Seso Seko, president of Zaire/Congo since 1965. The rebels of the AFDL marched over 1500km in seven months to crush the dictatorship, heralding liberation as a second independence for Central Africa as a whole. US President Bill Clinton toasted AFDL leader Laurent-D sir Kabila and his regional allies -- having developed a unique camaraderie and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190864559
• ISBN13: 9780190864552
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.4"