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Title:
Making and Unmaking Nations : War, Leadership, and Genocide in Modern Africa / Scott Straus.
Author:
Straus, Scott, 1970- author.
Publication Information:
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2015.
Call Number:
DT352.8 .S76 2015
ISBN:
9780801453328

9780801479687
Physical Description:
xiii, 386 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction : the puzzle of genocide -- The concept and logic of genocide -- Escalation and restraint -- A theory of genocide -- Mass categorical violence in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1960-2008 -- Retreating from the brink in Côte d'Ivoire -- The politics of dialogue in Mali -- Pluralism and accommodation in Senegal -- Endangered Arab-Islamic nationalism in Sudan -- Fighting for the Hutu revolution in Rwanda -- Conclusion : making nations and preventing their unmaking.
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