Africa's World War: Congo, the Rwandan Genocide, and the Making of a Continental Catastrophe

by Gérard Prunier and Gerard Prunier

Book Overview

The Rwandan genocide sparked a horrific bloodbath that swept across sub-Saharan Africa, ultimately leading to the deaths of some four million people. In this extraordinary history of the recent wars in Central Africa, Gerard Prunier offers a gripping account of how one grisly episode laid the groundwork for a sweeping and disastrous upheaval.
Prunier vividly describes the grisly aftermath of the Rwandan genocide, when some two million refugees--a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199754209
• ISBN13: 9780199754205
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"