{"product_id":"the-real-politics-of-the-horn-of-africa-money-war-and-the-business-of-power-9780745695587","title":"The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa: Money, War and the Business of Power","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Real Politics of the Horn of Africa\u003c\/i\u003e delves into the business of politics in the turbulent, war-torn countries of north-east Africa. It is a contemporary history of how politicians, generals and insurgents bargain over money and power, and use of war to achieve their goals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on a thirty-year career in Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia, including experience as a participant in high-level peace talks, Alex de Waal provides a unique and compelling account of how these countries' leaders run their governments, conduct their business, fight their wars and, occasionally, make peace. De Waal shows how leaders operate on a business model, securing funds for their 'political budgets' which they use to rent the provisional allegiances of army officers, militia commanders, tribal chiefs and party officials at the going rate. This political marketplace is eroding the institutions of government and reversing statebuilding and it is fuelled in large part by oil exports, aid funds and western military assistance for counter-terrorism and peacekeeping.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Real Politics of the Horn of Africa\u003c\/i\u003e is a sharp and disturbing book with profound implications for international relations, development and peacemaking in the Horn of Africa and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e de Waal, Alex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745695587\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.60w x 1.00d","brand":"Alex de Waal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32972963512395,"sku":"9780745695587","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_002d6f35-b678-4059-863b-5477c92264ed.jpg?v=1606343587","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/the-real-politics-of-the-horn-of-africa-money-war-and-the-business-of-power-9780745695587","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}