Army reconstruction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2003-2009

Small Wars and Insurgencies

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 474-499

  Robinson, Colin ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

army reconstruction; defence reform; demobilisation; Democratic Republic of Congo; disarmament; European Union; FARDC; Kabila; post conflict reconstruction; reintegration; Second Congo War; security sector reform; United Nations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862302413     PISSN: 09592318     EISSN: 17439558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09592318.2012.661612     Document Type: Article

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