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Title: The Congo Wars: Conflict, Myth and Reality
ISBN: 1842776894
Author:
Thomas Turner
Publicate Date: 2007-08-08
Publish: 2007-08-08
List Price: $32.95
Average Customer Rating: 3.5
Format: Paperback
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1: Straight and true
The Congo crises of the late 20th Century contributed to the death of perhaps four million people, and yet the literature on these conflicts and their causes is sparse and generally undistinguished.
Turner's book reflects a real mastery of Central African history and politics, and he takes an almost clinical approach to his story, with all the gory details and no particular axes to grind.
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2: Rather sloggy
The Congo Wars: Conflict, Myth and Reality is written by veteran Congo scholar Thomas Turner. It is not a narrative of the wars. Rather, the book tries to do many things: the early chapters are wonderful at introducing and contextualizing the conflict, later it describes the belief of Ugandans that Congo is a place where you can steal cars, meet women, and make money, the ways Uganda/Rwanda have plundered Congo, the role of the international community and the elections that have been held since the war ended. The result is a book which is slightly clunky, two chapters of in-depth analysis on the impact of the war in the provinces of North and South Kivu I found a particular slog but unfortunately unenlightening. It is a useful book nonetheless.
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