African Politics
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From  NEW! Economic Decline and Infrastructural Decay in Zaire1975–1993 From: Postcards from Congo |
The chapter follows the economic decline and infrastructure decay in Mobutu’s Zaire from 1975 until 1993. | Edmund Trueman | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! ForewordFrom: Postcards from Congo |
Foreword by Dr. Didier Gondola, professor of African History at John Hopkins University. | Edmund Trueman | 5 | 2022 | $0.50 Add |
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From  NEW! ForewordFrom: Targeting Libya |
This chapter argues that Canada’s little analyzed role in the 20011 NATO-led war on Libya reveals a foreign policy that is driven by corporate interests and geopolitical advantage,despite … | Owen Schalk | 3 | 2025 | $0.30 Add |
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From  From his Rwandan Home, Banished a Wand’rer Came |
In Chapter 14, Philpot discusses his meeting with Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former burgomaster of Taba Commune and the first man in history to be convicted of genocide, rape, and other crimes … | Robin Philpot | 16 | 2013 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Ghana, 1966 |
In this chapter, Engler and Schalk explores Canada’s role in the 1966 military overthrow of Ghanaian president Kwame Nkrumah, a leader widely celebrated across the continent. | Owen Schalk; Yves Engler | 8 | 2024 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! "He will not last long"From: Targeting Libya |
In this chapter Arab Spring protests in Libya, fuelled by inequality, corruption, and the Abu Salim massacre, rapidly turned into an armed civil war that Western governments both culitivated and … | Owen Schalk | 13 | 2025 | $1.30 Add |
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From How Is the Empire? |
In Chapter 7, Philpot examines the meaning behind former Secretary General Boutros-Ghali’s 1998 statement that “the Americans were one hundred percent responsible” for the … | Robin Philpot | 14 | 2013 | $1.40 Add |
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From  Humanitarianism and the Invention of EmergencyFrom: Slouching Towards Sirte |
In Chapter 5, Forte asks the reader to consider what the alternatives were to foreign intervention. He does this by criticizing popular myths that worked to legitimize military intervention and … | Maximilian C. Forte | 30 | 2012 | $3.00 Add |
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From In the Name of Peace and Democracy |
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 … | Robin Philpot | 14 | 2013 | $1.40 Add |
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From NEW! Independence and Chaos1960–1961 From: Postcards from Congo |
The chapter follows the creation of the independent Republic of Congo and the ensuing political fall out between 1960 and 1961. | Edmund Trueman | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From International Criminal Justice as "Battering Ram" |
In Chapter 13, Philpot examines the ad hoc criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. He does this to discuss the injustice and inept of the tribunal, which the founding resolution … | Robin Philpot | 22 | 2013 | $2.20 Add |
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From IntroductionLiberalism and the New Scramble for Africa From: Slouching Towards Sirte |
Maximilian C. Forte | 15 | 2012 | $1.50 Add | |
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From Introduction |
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 … | Robin Philpot | 16 | 2013 | $1.60 Add |
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From NEW! IntroductionFrom: Postcards from Congo |
The Introduction provides an overview of the 150 year history of the modern state of the Democratic Republic of Congo, maps, and etymology. | Edmund Trueman | 3 | 2022 | $0.30 Add |
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From Invasion? What Invasion? |
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 … | Robin Philpot | 22 | 2013 | $2.20 Add |
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From  It Began With a StoryFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes the experience of teachers and a principal working with a seventeen-year-old refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo who would not follow instructions. Once his personal history … | David Starr | 7 | 2016 | $0.70 Add |
