The politics of war and the culture of violence : north-south essays /

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Author / Creator:Mazrui, Ali AlʼAmin.
Imprint:Trenton NJ : Africa World Press, c2008.
Description:xiv, 320 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6653397
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Other authors / contributors:Adem, Seifudein.
Bemath, Abdul Samed.
ISBN:159221584X (hard cover)
9781592215843 (hard cover)
1592215858 (pbk.)
9781592215850 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • The polity as family and fortress
  • Phallic symbols in politics and war
  • The resurrection of the warrior tradition
  • Conflict in Africa : an overview
  • Conflict and the bondage of boundaries
  • Nationalism, ethnicity and violence : the culture and ethnicity of combat
  • Liberation wars as clashes of civilizations : from Nelson Mandela to Yasir Arafat
  • Nationalism, power and Africa at war : in search of pan-African solutions
  • Towards postcolonial pacification : Africa between war and peace
  • Numerical strength and nuclear status in the politics of the third world
  • The barrel of the gun and the barrel of oil
  • The computer culture and nuclear power : African implications
  • Africa in a world of disorder : waning racism and waxing culture conflict
  • Between global governance and global war : Africa before and after September 11
  • Conflicts of identity and conflicts of values : Africa between ethnicity and religion.