The Lord's Resistance Army Myth and Reality

The Lord's Resistance Army is Africa's most persistent and notorious 'terrorist' group. Led by the mysterious Joseph Kony, it has committed a series of horrific human rights abuses, including massacres and mutilations. Since the mid 1980s, it has abducted tens of thousands of people, including large numbers of children forced to train as fighters. The ICC in 2005 issued warrants for Kony and his top commanders, and the United States is backing a military campaign against the group. But the LRA survives, continuing to inspire both fascination and fear.

Dr Tim Allen is a Reader at the London School of Economics and Program Director of the graduate program in Development Studies. Prof. Koen Vlassenroot is the Coordinator of the Conflict Research Group at Ghent University.

Table and figures	p. vii
Maps	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
Interpretations of Uganda's war in the north
Exploring the roots of LRA violence: political crisis and ethnic politics in Acholiland	p. 25
Uganda's politics of foreign aid and violent conflict: the political uses of the LRA rebellion	p. 45
The spiritual order of the LRA	p. 59
An African hell of colonial imagination? The Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda, another story	p. 74
Experiencing the LRA
Chasing the Kony story	p. 93
'A terrorist is not a person like me': an interview with Joseph Kony	p. 113
On the nature and causes of LRA abduction: what the abductees say	p. 132
Between two worlds: former LRA soldiers in northern uganda	p. 156
Encountering Kony: a Madi perspective	p. 177
Northern Uganda: a 'forgotten conflict', again? The impact of the internationalization of the resolution process	p. 187
"The realists in Juba"? An analysis of the Juba peace talks	p. 205
NGO involvement in the Juba peace talks: the role and dilemmas of IKV Pax Christi	p. 223
Bitter roots: the 'invention' of Acholi traditional justice	p. 242
The ICC investigation of the Lord's Resistance Army: an insider's view	p. 262
Postscript: a kind of peace and an exported war	p. 279
Notes	p. 289
Bibliography	p. 325
Notes on the contributors	p. 342
Index	p. 347
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