TY - BOOK AU - Prunier, Gerard. TI - Africa's world war: Congo, the Rwandan genocide, and the making of a continental catastrophe SN - 9780199754205 U1 - 967.03/2 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Genocide KW - Rwanda KW - Political violence KW - Great Lakes Region (Africa) KW - Geopolitics KW - Africa, Central KW - Congo (Democratic Republic) KW - History KW - 1997- KW - Civil War, 1994 KW - Refugees KW - Ethnic relations KW - Political aspects KW - 20th cen tury N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 469-514) and index; Rwanda's mixed season of hope (Jul 1994 - Apr 1995) -- From Kibeho t o the attack on Zaire (Apr 1995 - Oct 1996) -- The Congo basin, its int erlopers, and its onlookers (Zaire, Sudanese & Ugandans, Angolan confli ct) -- Winning a virtual war (Sep 1996 - May 1997) -- Losing the real p eace (Kabila, Luanda/Brazzaville, the DRC, Kivus, May 1997 - Aug 1998) -- A continental war (Augu 1998 - Aug 1999, Kinshasa, Lusaka) -- Sinkin g into the quagmire (Aug 1999 - Jan 2001, Rwanda, Uganda, Zimbabwe, MON UC, Mzee) -- Not with a bang, but with a whimper: the war's confused en ding (Jan 2001 - Dec 2002) -- From war to peace: Congolese transition a nd conflict deconstruction (Jan 2003-Jul 2007) -- Groping for meaning: the "Congolese" conflict and the crisis of contemporary Africa -- Seth Sendashonga's murder ER -