Table of Contents

List of tables; Acknowledgements; Chronology (1889–1980); List of abbreviations; Map; 1. Introduction; 2. The peace settlement; 3. The assembly phase; 4. Military integration; 5. Employment programs for the demobilized; 6. Conclusion; Epilogue: the past in the present; Appendix: the ruling party's attempts to withdraw ex-combatants' special status and ex-combatants' responses, 1988–97; Notes; References; List of pseudonyms used in the text; Index.

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This book examines the peace settlement and veterans' programmes after Zimbabwe's guerrilla war of independence.

About the Author

Norma Kriger worked for twelve years in the political science faculty, John Hopkins University. Since then she has been an independent scholar.

Reviews

'Kriger's book is a source of enlightenment about the commitment of the ruling party and guerrilla veterans in post-colonial Zimbabwe.' E-Extreme '... an important piece of research, highly relevant to what is going on today in Zimbabwe.' The Round Table '... an important corrective to those who fail to see the seeds of the country's current crisis in its history.' Development and Change