Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on International RelationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Soldiers Without Borders, Crisis in Central Africa
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on International RelationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Legislative Review Activities of the Committee on International Relations, One Hundred Fifth Congress
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on International RelationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Great Lakes Holocaust
Author: Tom CooperPublisher: Helion and Company
ISBN: 1909384658
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Great Lakes Holocaust' is the first in two volumes covering military operations in Zaire - as the Congo was named from 1971 until 1997 - and the Democratic Republic of Congo at the turn of the 21st century. This volume explores the events of the 1980s and 1990s in Rwanda and Uganda, which eventually spilled over the borders into Zaire, resulting in one of the worst tragedies ever to befall an African region. The narrative traces the ascent of crucial Rwandan, Congolese and Ugandan military and political figures, and their connections within influential business and political circles in and outside Africa. It examines the build-up of the Zairian military under the government of Dictator Mobutu Sese Seko in the 1960s and 1970s, and provides an in-depth study into reasons for its near-collapse in the early 1990s. The military build-up of Rwanda and Uganda is discussed in detail as is their planning for operations inside Zaire, and the global logistic tail that provided the Rwandan military, particularly, but also most of its opponents, with a capability of not only waging war beyond their borders, but - in the case of Rwanda - of invading and practically conquering a country the size of Western Europe or the USA east of the Mississippi. The book further traces the covert Rwandan military actions inside Zaire, initially run under the guise of an insurgency by one of Zaire's ethnic minorities; how ever-deepening Rwandan operations inside Zaire were practically dictated by concentrations of Hutu refugees; and how the insurgency - led by Laurent-Désiré Kabila who was installed by key Rwandan and Ugandan military and political figures - developed into an organization that sought autonomy from the military and political dictates of Rwanda, in turn delivering a direct reason for the Second Congo War which was fought from 1998-2003.
Legislative Calendar
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on International RelationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: Crisis in the Central African Republic, Serial No. 113-118, November 19, 2013, 113-1 Hearing, *
Author: Life in Crisis
Author: Peter RedfieldPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520955188
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Life in Crisis tells the story of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders or MSF) and its effort to "save lives" on a global scale. Begun in 1971 as a French alternative to the Red Cross, the MSF has grown into an international institution with a reputation for outspoken protest as well as technical efficiency. It has also expanded beyond emergency response, providing for a wider range of endeavors, including AIDS care. Yet its seemingly simple ethical goal proves deeply complex in practice. MSF continually faces the problem of defining its own limits. Its minimalist form of care recalls the promise of state welfare, but without political resolution or a sense of well-being beyond health and survival. Lacking utopian certainty, the group struggles when the moral clarity of crisis fades. Nevertheless, it continues to take action and innovate. Its organizational history illustrates both the logic and the tensions of casting humanitarian medicine into a leading role in international affairs.
Crisis in Central Africa
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on African AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Refugee Health
Author: Medecins Sans FrontieresPublisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780333722107
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Includes statistics.
Genocide and Crisis in Central Africa
Author: Christian P. ScherrerPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313016178
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Scherrer examines the ethnicized conflicts, periodic war, and genocide in Rwanda and Burundi. The 1994 genocide in Rwanda may have resulted in the murder of a million Tutsi and moderate Hutu, while the mass killings in Burundi, especially in 1993 when some 200,000 Hutu and Tutsi were killed, and the current ongoing war in the Congo appear to have the potential to escalate into another round of genocide in the region. Scherrer explores the background to the conflicts in the Great Lakes Region as well as what the international community might do to break this tragic cycle of violence and despair. Following a chapter on the history of the region before independence in 1960/61, he examines the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and the subsequent attempts to promote justice, reconstruction, human rights work, and genocide prevention. Scherrer pays particular attention to the role of the Western powers, the UN, and the aid system--and he is critical of all of these institutions. He also analyzes what is happening in neighboring Burundi and the Congo. An important research for scholars and policymakers involved with Central African affairs and ethnicized conflict.