Description: Focuses on the role of mass media in creating a will to intervene in the brutal conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1997-2011. Examines peacekeeping in the Age of R2P and the role of mass media in both promoting and inhibiting robust international responses to large-scale humanitarian crises.
Brief description:
Blake C. Roberts is the interim academic advisor of the University of Windsor's Digital-Journalism program and a sessional instructor and research associate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Windsor.
Review Quotes: Scholars and faculty as well as peace practitioners in the fields of international security, international organizations, international social work, and social welfare policy will find Africa's Deadliest Conflict a vital addition to the literature on collective violence prevention and intervention research.--Kingsley Chigbu, University of Texas, ACUNS, 2013 September