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Catastropheby Richard Bourne
Zed Books 2011; US$ 26.95In this incisive and revealing book, Richard Bourne shows how a country that had every prospect of success when it achieved independence became a brutal police state less than thirty years later. Beginning with the British conquest and covering events up to the present precarious political situation, Catastrophe is the most comprehensive, up-to-date and readable account of the ongoing crisis in Zimbabwe. more...
The Assassination of Herbert Chitepoby Luise S. White
Indiana University Press 2003; US$ 12.75On March 18, 1975, Herbert Chitepo, an African nationalist in exile and chairman of the war council that struggled to liberate Zimbabwe from white-ruled Rhodesia, was killed by a car bomb. Since then, there have been four confessions and at least as many accusations about who was responsible. In The Assassination of Herbert Chitepo, Luise White does not set out to resolve questions about who was accountable for this horrible murder. Instead, in a style that is as much murder mystery as it is history writing, she uncovers what is at stake in the various confessions and why Chitepo's assassination continues to incite conflict and ... more...
Twenty Years of Independence in Zimbabweby Dr Staffan Darnolf; Dr Liisa Laakso; Timothy M. Shaw
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2003; US$ 130.00This collection offers comprehensive insights into pivotal areas of concern regarding developments in Zimbabwe since its independence. By disclosing the intra-elite competition, assessing the performance of Zimbabwe's economy and explaining how the country's natural resources have been managed, we can better understand the ruling ZANU-PF's increasing reliance on the so-called war veterans and the land reform issue for its political survival. more...
Guerrilla Veterans in Post-war Zimbabweby Norma J. Kriger; David Anderson; Carolyn Brown; Christopher Clapham; Michael Gomez; Patrick Manning; David Robinson
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 37.00Examines the peace settlement and veterans' programs after Zimbabwe's guerrilla war of independence. It shows continuities in the relationship between the ruling party and veterans in the first seven years and in contemporary Zimbabwe. This is the first extended study of the relationship between the ruling party and the veterans. more...
Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism, Volume 5by Mathieu Deflem
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004; US$ 113.00Conferences, lectures, funding opportunities, and publications now all fully embrace terrorism and counter-terrorism as topics worthy of serious reflection and investigation among criminologists. The papers in this volume bring out the distinct contribution criminologists and criminological sociologists have to offer in the study of counter-terrorism from theoretical, methodological, and substantive viewpoints. The discussions of this title include a usefully broad variety of themes, including conceptual and theoretical perspectives in the criminology of terrorism; hate crimes and terrorism; civil liberties and the control of terrorism; terrorism, war and crime; state crime and terrorism; terrorism and transnational crime; the police dimensions... more...
Managing Instability in Algeriaby Isabelle Werenfels
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 44.95Using evidence from extensive fieldwork, Isabelle Werenfels explores the relationship between elite dynamics and strategies and the lack of profound political change in Algeria after 1995, when the countrys military rulers returned to electoral processes. more...
What Is Africas Problem?by Yoweri K. Museveni; Elizabeth Kanyogonya; Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere
University of Minnesota Press 2000; US$ 70.50Edited by Elizabeth Kanyogonya?I am very pleased that this book by one of Africa?s most important leaders now will be available to Americans. We need to understand what Africans think about Africa.??Jimmy Carterand/orWhat is Africa?s problem? As one of the leaders expressing a broad and forceful vision for Africa?s future, Uganda?s Yoweri K. Museveni is perhaps better placed than anyone in the world to address the very question his book poses. more...
The African Unionby Diedre L. Badejo
Infobase Publishing 2008; US$ 42.00Based in Ethiopia, the Africa Union, established in July 2002, is the successor to the Organization of African Unity, created in 1963. The AU aims include promoting democracy, human rights, and sustainable economic development across Africa, especially by increasing foreign investment through the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD). more...
Anatomy of Violenceby Belachew Gebrewold
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2009; US$ 114.95With a focus on Africa, this study examines three structurally interdependent conflict systems to highlight the complexities of transboundary and transregional conflict systems. The systemic approach permits you to come away from the book with a better understanding of the underlying currents of violent conflicts and thus a clearer idea of how they might be handled. more...
African Alternativesby Leo De Haan; Ulf Engel; Patrick Chabal
BRILL 2007; US$ 62.00To stimulate the exploration of African initiative and creativity beyond immediate socio-economic and political circumstances, this book demonstrates that societies in Africa have always showed the ability to negotiate whatever constraining ecological, economic and political circumstances they faced. more...









