Guerrilla Veterans in Post-war Zimbabwe: Symbolic and Violent Politics, 1980-1987 (African Studies)
Norma J. Kriger, "Guerrilla Veterans in Post-war Zimbabwe: Symbolic and Violent Politics, 1980-1987 (African Studies)"
Publisher: Cambridge University Press | ISBN 10: 0521818230 | 2003 | PDF | 316 pages | 1.5 MB
Publisher: Cambridge University Press | ISBN 10: 0521818230 | 2003 | PDF | 316 pages | 1.5 MB
This critical examination of post-war of independence peace settlement and veterans' programs is the first extended study of the complicit relationship between the ruling party and the veterans. It shows continuities in the relationship between President Mugabe's government and guerrilla veterans in the first seven years in contemporary Zimbabwe (1980-1987). As the recent election has demonstrated, Mugabe and the veterans continue to collaborate, using violence and liberation war rhetoric to maintain power through land invasions and political purges.