在二十个世纪的最后几十年里，非洲陷入了政治混乱。国家失败，政府成为掠食者，并且公民拿起了武器。本书作者不仅深入探讨了非洲大陆上世纪的悲剧，而且探讨了政治秩序的逻辑性和国家的基础。这本书涵盖的领域广泛，材料基于卢旺达，苏丹，利比里亚，和刚果。虽然这本书对一般读者都很容易理解，但它仍然是一本学者和那些关注政治冲突和国家失败决策者的必读之书。（In the last decades of the twenty century, Africa has fallen into political chaos. When the nation failed, the government became a predator and all citizens picked up the weapon. The author of this book not only explored the tragedies on the African continent in the last century but also discussed the logic of the political order and the foundation of the country. This book covers a wide range of materials based on Rwanda, Sudan, Liberia and Congo. Although this book is easily understood by general readers, it is still a required book for scholars and those who focus on political conflict and national failure to make decisions.）