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Description of The Lord's Resistance Army

The Lord's Resistance Army is Africa's most extraordinarily persistent and notorious 'terrorist' group. Since their rebellion in northern Uganda began in 1987, the group is estimated to have abducted an estimated 30,000 children as well as committing a series of massacres and other horrific human rights abuses against the local population. Led by the mysterious Joseph Kony, who in 2005 was indicted by the International Criminal Court, they remain a group that inspires both fascination and fear. Authoritative but provocative, "The Lord's Resistance Army" provides the most comprehensive analysis of the group available, dismantling numerous myths and providing a wealth of information that is not widely known. From the issue of child soldiers to the response of the Ugandan government, the book looks at every aspect of this most brutal of conflicts, and even includes a remarkable first-hand interview with Joseph Kony himself.

Title Information

ISBN:

9781848135628

Pages:

352 pages

Format:

Hardback

Product Code:

490803

Publisher:

Zed Books Ltd

Published:

08/07/2010

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About Tim Allen and Koen Vlassenroot

Tim Allen is Professor in Development Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has carried out long-term field research in Sudan and Uganda, and has also researched in several other African countries, including Ghana, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Tanzania and Botswana. His publications include the best selling textbook, Poverty and Development (edited with Alan Thomas, Oxford University Press), as well as books on ethnic conflict in Europe, media coverage of wars, links between culture and development issues, and mass forced displacement in Africa. Recent articles include work on press censorship in war affected states, and on health issues in Africa (notably parasitic diseases and HIV/AIDS). In 2005 he directed a six month study on the experiences of people who have been abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda. That research has been published by USAID and UNICEF (Tim Allen and Mareike Schomerus, A Hard Homecoming, Washington, 2006. He latest books have been Trial Justice: The International Criminal Court and the Lord's Resistance Army (Zed Books, 2006), and Complex emergencies and Humanitarian Responses (co-authored with Mareike Schomerus, London University, 2009). In addition to academic work, he has worked as a consultant with numerous international organisations, including UNDP, UNICEF, UNRISD, MSF, LWF, Save the Children, World Vision and DFID. He is also a broadcaster and has presented or contributed to numerous radio programmes for the Open University and the BBC. Koen Vlassenroot is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Ghent, where he also coordinates the Conflict Research Group. He is also the Director of the Central Africa Programme of Egmont, the Royal Institute for International Relations in Brussels. He has carried out research in the Great Lakes Region for more than 10 years, with a particular focus on militia formation, land issues, transborder dynamics and rebel governance in eastern DR Congo and Northern Uganda. He has published widely in international peer reviewed journals and has written numerous book chapters.