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  • Dancing in the Glory of Monsters

  • The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa
  • Written by: Jason Stearns
  • Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
  • Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (9 ratings)

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Dancing in the Glory of Monsters

Written by: Jason Stearns
Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
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Publisher's Summary

At the heart of Africa is Congo, a country the size of Western Europe, bordering nine other nations, that since 1996 has been wracked by a brutal and unstaunchable war in which millions have died. And yet, despite its epic proportions, it has received little sustained media attention.

In this deeply reported book, Jason K. Stearns vividly tells the story of this misunderstood conflict through the experiences of those who engineered and perpetrated it. He depicts village pastors who survived massacres, the child soldier assassin of President Kabila, a female Hutu activist who relives the hunting and methodical extermination of fellow refugees, and key architects of the war that became as great a disaster as - and was a direct consequence of - the genocide in neighboring Rwanda.

Through their stories, he tries to understand why such mass violence made sense, and why stability has been so elusive. Through their voices, and an astonishing wealth of knowledge and research, Stearns chronicles the political, social, and moral decay of the Congolese State.

©2011 Jason K. Stearns (P)2017 Tantor
War & Crisis Politics & Government Violence in Society Wars & Conflicts Africa Congo War
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Confusing

Often jumps around and doesn't make sense which is frustrating because I was really excited to read it.

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