Living by the gun in Chad : combatants, impunity and state formation /
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| Author / Creator: | Debos, Marielle, author. |
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| Uniform title: | Métier des armes au Tchad. English |
| Imprint: | London : Zed Books, [2016]. ©2016. |
| Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10909869 |
| Summary: | How do people live in a country that has experienced rebellions and state-organised repressions for decades and that is still marked by routine forms of violence and impunity? What do combatants do when they are not mobilised for war? Drawing on over ten years of fieldwork conducted in Chad, Marielle Debos explains how living by the gun has become both an acceptable form of political expression and an everyday occupation.<br> <br> <br> <br> Contrary to the popular association of violence and chaos, she shows that these fighters continue to observe rules, frontiers and hierarchies, even as their allegiances shift between rebel and government forces, and as they drift between Chad, Libya, Sudan and the Central African Republic. Going further, she explores the role of the globalised politico-military entrepreneurs and highlights the long involvement of the French military in the country. Ultimately, the book demonstrates that ending the war is not enough. The issue is ending the 'inter-war' which is maintained and reproduced by state violence.<br> <br> <br> <br> Combining ethnographic observation with in-depth theoretical analysis, Living by the Gun in Chad is a crucial contribution to our understanding of the intersections of war and peace. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published in French: Paris : Editions Karthala, 2013. Translated from the French. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliography (pages 186-226), filmography (page 226), and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781783605347 1783605340 9781783605330 1783605332 9781783605323 1783605324 |
