The African Stakes Of The Congo War

List of Acronyms ix Maps of Congo (DRC) and Africa xi Preface xiii 1. Introduction: Causes and Consequences of the Congo War 1(12) John F. Clark PART I THE CONGO WAR IN CONTEXT 2. Contextualizing Congo Conflicts: Order and Disorder in Postcolonial Africa 13(20) Crawford Young 3. Historicity of a Crisis: The Origins of the Congo War 33(20) Jermaine O. McCalpin 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 53(22) Kevin C. Dunn 5. Angola's Role in the Congo War 75(18) Thomas Turner 6. A Political and Military Review of Zimbabwe's Involvement in the Second Congo War 93(16) Martin R. Rupiya PART III THE CONTESTANTS OF THE KABILA REGIMES 7. Congo's Rebels: Their Origins, Motivations, and Strategies 109(20) Osita Afoaku 8. The Complex Reasons for Rwanda's Engagement in Congo 129(16) Timothy Longman 9. Museveni's Adventure in the Congo War: Uganda's Vietnam? 145 John F. Clark PART IV AMBIVALENT STATES, EARLY OUTCOMES, AND NONSTATE PHENOMENA 10. The Impossible Neutrality? South Africa's Policy in the Congo War 169(16) Chris Landsberg 11. Arms Proliferation and the Congo War 185(16) Augusta Muchai 12. The Economic Impact of the Congo War 201(24) Mungbalemwe Koyame and John F. Clark 13. The Politics of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in the Congo War 225(14) Jude Murison Notes on the Contributors 239(4) Index 243