
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, 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. Indiana University Press
Other ebooks: Free books pdf free download Perfect Blue: Awaken from a Dream in English by Yoshikazu Takeuchi read book, Pdf downloads books My Little Pony: Legends of Magic Omnibus English version download link, Free computer ebooks downloads pdf Pro Spring Security: Securing Spring Framework 5 and Boot 2-based Java Applications ePub PDB by Carlo Scarioni, Massimo Nardone pdf,