{"product_id":"the-katangese-gendarmes-and-war-in-central-africa-fighting-their-way-home-paperback-softback-9780253021397","title":"The Katangese Gendarmes and War in Central Africa; Fighting Their Way Home (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253021397","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Katangese Gendarmes and War in Central Africa\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFighting Their Way Home\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eErik Kennes (Author), Miles Larmer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253021397\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 4 July 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e310 pages, 10 b\u0026amp;w illus., 2 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.408 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[T]his is a groundbreaking study that will appeal to historians and political scientists alike who are keen on understanding the drama that has wreaked havoc in central Africa in the wake of the Cold War and continues to afflict the entire area. \"—\u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Erik Kennes and Miles Larmer have written an important and extraordinarily well-researched book.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of Modern African Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003e The Katangese Gendarmes and War in Central Africa \u003c\/i\u003edeserves a wide reading among scholars of nationalism and decolonization in post-colonial Africa.\"—\u003ci\u003eAfrican Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eThe Katangese Gendarmes\u003c\/i\u003e is a welcome, timely and necessary addition to the body of studies dedicated to war and conflict in Central Africa and an exemplary effort in historical conflict studies underpinned by a rigorous conceptual background on statehood, nationalism and conflict in postcolonial Africa. . . . Kennes and Larmer's book offers unparalleled testimony of key stakeholders in the entire region's recent political history. For anyone interested in such issues, and students of Angola and the Congo in particular, this book should have a prominent place in libraries and on syllabi and bookshelves. \"—\u003ci\u003eAfrica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A fascinating story which is tied to the colonial development of Katanga province, cold war politics in Central Africa, the crisis of the postcolonial state in the Congo, and the interregional politics in the Great Lakes area.\"—Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of North Carolina\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A major contribution to our understanding of postcolonial politics in Africa more broadly and sheds light on the survival of militias over time and forms of subnationalism emerging from regional consciousness.\"—M. Crawford Young, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eErik Kennes and Miles Larmer provide a history of the Katangese gendarmes and their largely undocumented role in many of the most important political and military conflicts in Central Africa. Katanga, located in today's Democratic Republic of Congo, seceded in 1960 as Congo achieved independence and the gendarmes fought as the unrecognized state's army during the Congo crisis. Kennes and Larmer explain how the ex-gendarmes, then exiled in Angola, struggled to maintain their national identity and return \"home.\" They take readers through the complex history of the Katangese and their engagement in regional conflicts and Africa's Cold War. Kennes and Larmer show how the paths not taken at Africa's independence persist in contemporary political and military movements and bring new understandings to the challenges that personal and collective identities pose to the relationship between African nation-states and their citizens and subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Becoming Katanga\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Katangese Secession 1960-63\u003cbr\u003e 3. Into Exile and Back 1963-67\u003cbr\u003e 4. With the Portuguese 1967-74\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Katangese Gendarmes in the Angolan Civil War 1974-1976\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Shaba Wars\u003cbr\u003e 7. Disarmament and Division 1979-1996\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Overthrow of Mobutu and After 1996-2015\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676819714328,"sku":"9780253021397","price":23.87,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-katangese-gendarmes-and-war-in-central-africa-fighting-their-way-home-paperback-softback-9780253021397","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}