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The politics of war and the culture of violence : north-south essays / by Ali A. Mazrui ; edited by Seifudein Adem and Abdul Samed Bemath.

Title
The politics of war and the culture of violence : north-south essays / by Ali A. Mazrui ; edited by Seifudein Adem and Abdul Samed Bemath.
Author
Mazrui, Ali AlʼAmin
Publication
Trenton NJ : Africa World Press, c2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Adem, Seifudein.
  • Bemath, Abdul Samed
Description
xiv, 320 p.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Political violence > Africa
  • Conflict management > Africa
  • Africa > Social conditions
Genre/Form
Aufsatzsammlung.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
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.
ISBN
  • 159221584X (hard cover)
  • 9781592215843 (hard cover)
  • 1592215858 (pbk.)
  • 9781592215850 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^2007024713
OCLC
  • 145146282
  • SCSB-10721710
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library