A01=Lawrence E. Cline
Author_Lawrence E. Cline
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Central Africa
Central African Republic
Cults
Democratic Republic of Congo
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Extremist Ideology
Human Rights
Insurgency
Joseph Kony
Lord's Resistance Army
Refugees
Religious Extremism
Sudan
Terrorism
Traditional Religions
Uganda
Product details
- ISBN 9781440828546
- Weight: 567g
- Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 08 Oct 2013
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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A noted expert provides a detailed, if chilling, examination of one of the most brutal and long-lived insurgent groups in Africa: Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army.
Operating in four African nations, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) routinely engages in human rights violations that include mutilation, murder, mass-scale abductions, and sex trafficking—and it has done so with seeming impunity for more than 20 years. This timely book offers a concise, expert analysis of Joseph Kony's terrorist organization, covering its historical antecedents, membership, operations, and ideology, as well as the ways in which it fits into a broader pattern of insurgencies. To facilitate a full understanding of the threat posed by the LRA, the author exposes the army's many atrocities, among them forced recruitment of child soldiers. Central Africa's ethnic, religious, and political tensions are examined, as is the corruption that feeds LRA operations. Finally, regional security measures, international responses, and issues related to the LRA and the International Criminal Court are examined in full.
Lawrence E. Cline, PhD, is adjunct instructor for the Counterterrorism Fellowship Program, Center for Civil Military Relations, Monterey, CA.
