Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures and Table xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Glossary xvii
6. Timeline xix
7. One. Explaining the Absence of War 1
8. Part One. Resentment
9. Two. “Those Who Eat Monkey Will Never Rule over Us” 35
10. Three. Articulating Betrayal 72
11. Part Two. War Averted?
12. Four. An Exceptional Case: The Killings in Nuvanuita 109
13. Part Three. Afterlives
14. Interlude: “I’m not putting my life on the line . . .” 133
15. Five. The Rhetoric of Counterinsurgency 136
16. Six. The Symbolic Death of Sékou Touré 165
17. Seven. The Cinquantenaire and the Dadis Show 189
18. Eight. Conclusion 213
19. Works Cited 227
20. Index 239