Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : causes and consequences of the Congo War / John F. Clark -- Contextualizing Congo conflicts : order and disorder in postcolonial Africa / Crawford Young -- Historicity of a crisis : the origins of the Congo War / Jermaine 0. McCalpin -- A survival guide to Kinshasa : lessons of the father, passed down to the son / Kevin C. Dunn -- Angola's role in the Congo War / Thomas Turner -- A political and military review of Zimbabwe's involvement in the Second Congo War / Martin R. Rupiya -- Congo's rebels : their origins, motivations, and strategies / Osita Afoaku -- The complex reasons for Rwanda's engagement in Congo / Timothy Longman -- Museveni's adventure in the Congo War : Uganda's Vietnam? / John F. Clark -- The impossible neutrality? South Africa's Policy in the Congo War / Chris Landsberg -- Arms proliferation and the Congo War / Augusta Muchai -- The economic impact of the Congo War / Mungbalemwe Koyame and John F. Clark -- The politics of refugees and internally displaced persons in the Congo War / Jude Murison.