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RR 2013/210 Historical Dictionary of Republic of the Congo (4th edition) John F. Clark and Samuel Decalo Scarecrow Press Lanham, MD and Plymouth 2012 xlvi + 521 pp. ISBN 978 0 8108 4919 8 (print); ISBN 978 0 8108 7989 8 (e-book) £75 $120 Historical Dictionaries of Africa
Keywords Directories, History, Republic of the Congo
Review DOI 10.1108/RR-02-2013-0016
In its fourth edition, J.F. Clark's Historical Dictionary of Republic of the Congo adds considerably to the previous work of Virginia Thomson, Richard Adloff and Samuel Decalo and makes an important contribution to a small body of English language scholarship on a country that, in the words of the series' editor, Jon Woronoff, had more than enough "history" for one of Africa's smallest countries. The new edition covers the civil wars in the 1990s, militia groups, peace accords, new constitution, debt relief and foreign investment through the consolidation of President Sassou-Nguesso's power...