Making and unmaking Nations war, leaderahip and genocide in Modern Africa
Straus, Scott.
Making and unmaking Nations war, leaderahip and genocide in Modern Africa - London Cornell University Press 2015 - ix,273p.
Includes index
In Making and Unmaking Nations, Scott Straus seeks to explain why and how genocide takes place?and, perhaps more important, how it has been avoided in places where it may have seemed likely or even inevitable. To solve that puzzle, he examines postcolonial Africa, analyzing countries in which genocide occurred and where it could have but did not. Why have there not been other Rwandas? Straus finds that deep-rooted ideologies?how leaders make their nations?shape strategies of violence and are central to what leads to or away from genocide. Other critical factors include the dynamics of war, the role of restraint, and the interaction between national and local actors in the staging of campaigns of large-scale violence.
9780801479687
Leadership
364.15STR
Making and unmaking Nations war, leaderahip and genocide in Modern Africa - London Cornell University Press 2015 - ix,273p.
Includes index
In Making and Unmaking Nations, Scott Straus seeks to explain why and how genocide takes place?and, perhaps more important, how it has been avoided in places where it may have seemed likely or even inevitable. To solve that puzzle, he examines postcolonial Africa, analyzing countries in which genocide occurred and where it could have but did not. Why have there not been other Rwandas? Straus finds that deep-rooted ideologies?how leaders make their nations?shape strategies of violence and are central to what leads to or away from genocide. Other critical factors include the dynamics of war, the role of restraint, and the interaction between national and local actors in the staging of campaigns of large-scale violence.
9780801479687
Leadership
364.15STR