Explaining the Congo Wars
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12916673 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lars Huening (University of Sheffield, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 129-150 |
| Publication date | 2009-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1753-2523 • E-ISSN: 1753-2531 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17532523.2010.481925 |
| OpenAlex | W1991735455 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 26 |
From 1996 to 2003, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was the scene of two major regional wars. The second Congo war (1998–2003) was an especially complex formation of wars within wars, characterised by repeatedly changing alliances between various actors, both internal and external, and by the spread of ethnic conflicts across national borders. However, the recent troubled history of the DRC has often been understood from either a national or an international perspective. The terms of this debate centred on whether the continental wars were linked either to the weak or collapsing state of Zaire/Congo or outside interferences by neighbouring states. The two studies reviewed in this essay both suggest ways of addressing this dichotomy between the internal and external dimensions of the conflicts. By analysing the multitude of conflicts from a regional perspective, both authors can aptly illuminate the linkages and interdependencies among local and national conflicts that became inextricably intertwined and developed into regional and continental conflicts. Thus, this review argues that both comprehensive works on the multiplicity of recent crises in the Great Lakes region significantly contribute to an understanding of the causes and evolution of the Congolese wars
Democracy · Development economics · Geography · Interdependence · Internal conflict · Multitude · Perspective (graphical · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · International Development and Aid · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance
The Great African War
The Political Economy of Armed Conflict
Imagining the Congo
The Congo from Leopold to Kabila
The Rwanda crisis
The African Stakes of the Congo War
Greed and grievance in civil war
Imagining the Congo
Political Awakening in the Belgian Congo
The Congo wars
Rebel movements and proxy warfare
Briefing
Éléments pour une histoire du Front patriote rwandais
Bearing Witness to Mass Murder
Le Kenya contemporain
Burundi
L'école historique burundo-française
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |