ISBN Making Sense of the Central African Republic book History English Paperback 384 pages

Lying at the center of a tumultuous region, the Central African Republic (CAR) and its tumultuous history have often been overlooked. Since independence in 1960, the CAR has had only one democratic transfer of power, in 1993. Since then, army mutinies and serial rebellion have resulted in two major successful coups. Over the course of these upheavals, the country has become a laboratory for peacebuilding initiatives, hosting a two-decade-long succession of UN and regional peacekeeping missions, special political missions, and peacebuilding missions. Drawing together the foremost experts on the Central African Republic, this much-needed volume provides the first in-depth analysis of the country's recent history of rebellion, instability, and international and regional intervention.