Anatomy of Violence

Belachew Gebrewold is a Lecturer of International Relations and African Politics at Helmut Schmidt University/University of the Federal Armed Forces, Hamburg, Germany.

• Abbreviations, Introduction, 1 T he System of the State, 2 Africa in the International Security System, 3 State and Security as Systems of Conflict and Violence, 4 Conflict Systems in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 5 The Intrastate Conflict System in Somalia, 6 The Intrastate Conflict System in Sudan, 7 Regional and Global Conflict Systems in the Horn of Africa, Conclusion: Ending Conflict and Violence as System Transformation, References, Index

'This illuminating, meticulously researched and ambitious book may turn out to be one of the most important to emerge on Africa's systemic, intractable and devastating conflicts for some time to come' George Kassimeris, University of Wolverhampton, UK