Katangese Gendarmes and War in Central Africa: Fighting Their Way Home

by Miles Larmer and Erik Kennes

Book Overview

Erik 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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253021391
• ISBN13: 9780253021397
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher