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Through its journal, African Affairs, and by organizing meetings, discussions and other activities, the society strengthens links between Africa and Britain and encourages understanding of Africa and its relations with the rest of the world. www.royalafricansociety.org The World Peace Foundation, founded in 1910, is located at the Fletcher School, Tufts University. The Foundation’s mission is to promote innovative research and teaching, believing that these are critical to the challenges of making peace around the world, and should go hand in hand with advocacy and practical engagement with the toughest issues. Its central theme is ‘reinventing peace’ for the twenty-first century. www.worldpeacefoundation.org About the author Louisa Lombard is an assistant professor of anthropology at Yale University. Previously she held a Ciriacy-Wantrup postdoctoral fellowship in natural resource economics at the University of California at Berkeley. She has published widely on politics and conflict in Central Africa. In addition to her academic research, she has worked in the Central African Republic as a field consultant to several international organizations, including Human Rights Watch, Small Arms Survey, Refugees International, and the World Bank. Her previous books include Making Sense of the Central African Republic, co-edited with Tatiana Carayannis (Zed Books, 2015). STATE OF REBELLION VIOLENCE AND INTERVENTION IN THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC LOUISA LOMBARD In association with International African Institute Royal African Society World Peace Foundation State of Rebellion: Violence and Intervention in the Central African Republic was first published in 2016 by Zed Books Ltd, The Foundry, 17 Oval Way, London SE11 5RR, UK www.zedbooks.net Copyright © Louisa Lombard 2016 The right of Louisa Lombard to be identified as the author of this work have been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988 Typeset in Haarlemmer by seagulls.net Index: John Barker Cover design: Jonathan Pelham Cover photograph © William Daniels/Panos All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of Zed Books Ltd. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978-1-78360-885-0 hb ISBN 978-1-78360-884-3 pb ISBN 978-1-78360-886-7 pdf ISBN 978-1-78360-887-4 epub ISBN 978-1-78360-888-1 mobi CONTENTS Acknowledgements Abbreviations and acronyms Map of the Central African Republic Introduction 1. Conflict and the state in the peace-kept world 2. The nativeness of ‘foreign’ violence 3. Mobility as power 4. Long and short histories of rebellion 5. DDR and the frustration of desires for entitlement 6. War as the violence of the pack 7. World champion of peacekeeping Conclusion Notes References Index
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