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Postcards from Congo

A Graphic History

The Democratic Republic of Congo, the second-largest country in Africa by area, has a fractured and bloody history, variously undone by decades of colonialism, civil war, corruption, and … 176 View

Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa

From Tragedy to Useful Imperial Fiction

“… essential reading.” Edward S. Herman An accepted narrative holds that horrible Rwandan Hutu génocidaires planned and executed a satanic scheme to eliminate nearly a million Tutsis after a … 276 View

Slouching Towards Sirte

NATO's War on Libya and Africa

NATO’s war in Libya was proclaimed as a humanitarian intervention—bombing in the name of “saving lives.” Attempts at diplomacy were stifled. Peace talks were subverted. … 344 View
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Foreword

From: Postcards from Congo

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Foreword by Dr. Didier Gondola, professor of African History at John Hopkins University. 5 $0.50 Add
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Liberalism and the New Scramble for Africa

From: Slouching Towards Sirte

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Introduction

From: Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa

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In the introduction, Robert Philpot reflects on the upcoming twentieth anniversary of the shooting down of the Rwandan president’s plane which triggered war, destruction, and massacres in … 16 $1.60 Add
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Invasion? What Invasion?

From: Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa

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In Chapter 1, Philpot challenges the notion that the Rwandan Patriotic Front under its leadership of the current Rwandan President Paul Kagame– who, along with many fellow officers was … 22 $2.20 Add
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Preface

From: Postcards from Congo

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Preface by author Edmond Trueman explaining his motivations behind the book and the choice to make it an illustrated history. 6 $0.60 Add
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Sirte

Keystone of Independence

From: Slouching Towards Sirte

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In Chapter One Sirte: Keystone of Independence, Forte contrasts the city of Sirte– found to be in near total ruin by the end of the 2011 Libyan Civil War– to the Sirte which was once … 39 $3.90 Add
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In the Name of Peace and Democracy

From: Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa

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In Chapter 2, Philpot discusses the larger political atmosphere of the Great Lakes region in East Africa before the war, and how with the aid of the Western powers, Paul Kagame, and the Rwandan … 14 $1.40 Add
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Introduction

From: Postcards from Congo

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The Introduction provides an overview of the 150 year history of the modern state of the Democratic Republic of Congo, maps, and etymology. 3 $0.30 Add
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Sirte

Touchstone of Imperialism

From: Slouching Towards Sirte

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In Chapter Two Sirte: Touchstone of Imperialism, Forte examines how Sirte represented a post-colonial Libya, as the seat of the Al-Fateh Revolution and later the focus of international attention … 68 $6.80 Add
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The Will to Intervene

From: Is This the End of the Liberal International Order?

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In this reading, human rights lawyer Payam Akhavan discusses efforts by the international community to respond to human rights abuses an atrocities. He provides a history of UN peacekeeping … 61 $7.32 Add
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Early History

Pre-1874

From: Postcards from Congo

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This chapter explores the early history of the Congo region before colonization began in 1874. 10 $1.00 Add
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Libyan Pan-Africanism and Its Discontents

From: Slouching Towards Sirte

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In Chapter Three, Forte focus on Pan-Africanism and the relationships between Gaddafi’s Libya and key African Leaders. Forte highlights how much of Gaddafi’s thinking followed in the … 50 $5.00 Add
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The Power of a Word

From: Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa

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In Chapter 3, Philpot discusses how Central Africa has been turned upside down in the pursuit of génocidaires. Philpot examines how with the support of the United States, Canada, the United … 15 $1.50 Add