Oxford : James Currey ; Kampala : Fountain Publishers ; Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 1998.

xiii, 208 p. : map ; 25 cm.

Contents: Analysing African insurgencies / Christopher Clapham -- Eritrean People's Liberation Front / David Pool -- Tigray People's Liberation Front / John Young -- Sudan People's Liberation Army & the problem of factionalism / Douglas H. Johnson -- Somali armed units : the interplay of political entrepreneurship & clan-based factions / Daniel Compagnon -- Uganda: the National Resistance Army / Pascal Ngoga -- War in Northern Uganda : the Holy Spirit Movements of Alice Lakwena, Severino Lukoya & Joseph Kony (1986-1997) / Heike Behrend -- Rwandan Patriotic Front / Gerard Prunier -- Guerillas in the midst : the Former Government of Rwanda & the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire in Eastern Zaire / Wm Cyrus Reed -- Liberia's warlord insurgency / Stephen Ellis -- Revolutionary United Front of Sierra Leone : a revolt of the Lumpenproletariat / Ibrahim Abdullah and Patrick Muana.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Insurgency -- Africa, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.

Guerrillas -- Africa, Eastern -- History -- 20th century.

Insurgency -- Liberia -- History -- 20th century.

Guerrillas -- Liberia -- History -- 20th century.

Insurgency -- Sierra Leone -- History -- 20th century.

Guerrillas -- Sierra Leone -- History -- 20th century.

Africa, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1960-

Liberia -- Politics and government -- 1980-

Sierra Leone -- Politics and government -- 1961-

Clapham, Christopher S.

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