ISBN:
9781403982445
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (262 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.60000000000002
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This book situates the war in its historical and theoretical context and surveys the interests of the Congolese government, the rebel groups, and of the intervening states in the war.
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Acronyms -- Maps of Congo (DRC) and Africa -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: Causes and Consequences of the Congo War -- PART I THE CONGO WAR IN CONTEXT -- 2 Contextualizing Congo Conflicts: Order and Disorder in Postcolonial Africa -- 3 Historicity of a Crisis: The Origins of the Congo War -- PART II THE POST-MOBUTU REGIMES IN CONGO AND THEIR SUPPORTERS -- 4 A Survival Guide to Kinshasa: Lessons of the Father, Passed Down to the Son -- 5 Angola's Role in the Congo War -- 6 A Political and Military Review of Zimbabwe's Involvement in the Second Congo War -- PART III THE CONTESTANTS OF THE KABILA REGIMES -- 7 Congo's Rebels: Their Origins, Motivations, and Strategies -- 8 The Complex Reasons for Rwanda's Engagement in Congo -- 9 Museveni's Adventure in the Congo War: Uganda's Vietnam? -- PART IV AMBIVALENT STATES, EARLY OUTCOMES, AND NONSTATE PHENOMENA -- 10 The Impossible Neutrality? South Africa's Policy in the Congo War -- 11 Arms Proliferation and the Congo War -- 12 The Economic Impact of the Congo War -- 13 The Politics of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in the Congo War -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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