Guns & Governance in the Rift Valley

Mkutu's valuable study demonstrates what happens when the institutions and security apparatus of government are too weak, disinterested, or corrupt to exert their authority to keep peace, and a Hobbesian state of nature dominated by armed militias take over. As such, Mkutu's book is profoundly disturbing and illuminating.--Susanne D. Mueller, Harvard University"Intnl Jrnl African Historical Studies" (01/01/2009)