The war that doesn't say its name the unending conflict in the Congo Stearns, Jason K. creator author. text bibliography History. nju 2021 1st. monographic eng print vii, 310 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm "Well into its third decade, the military conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been dubbed a “forever war”―a perpetual cycle of war, civil unrest, and local feuds over power and identity. Millions have died in one of the worst humanitarian calamities of our time. The War That Doesn’t Say Its Name investigates the most recent phase of this conflict, asking why the peace deal of 2003―accompanied by the largest United Nations peacekeeping mission in the world and tens of billions in international aid―has failed to stop the violence. Jason Stearns argues that the fighting has become an end in itself, carried forward in substantial part through the apathy and complicity of local and international actors. Stearns shows that regardless of the suffering, there has emerged a narrow military bourgeoisie of commanders and politicians for whom the conflict is a source of survival, dignity, and profit. Foreign donors provide food and urgent health care for millions, preventing the Congolese state from collapsing, but this involvement has not yielded transformational change. Stearns gives a detailed historical account of this period, focusing on the main players―Congolese and Rwandan states and the main armed groups. He extrapolates from these dynamics to other conflicts across Africa and presents a theory of conflict that highlights the interests of the belligerents and the social structures from which they arise."-- Introduction -- The Historical Background -- Explaining the Congolese Conflict (I) -- Explaining the Congolese Conflict (II) -- The Theory -- Involution, Fragmentation, and a Military Bourgeoisie -- The CNDP and M -- Raia Mutomboki -- Ituri and the UPC -- Peacemaking and the Congo. Jason K. Stearns. Includes bibliographical references and index. f-cg--- Civil war Congo (Democratic Republic) Congo (Democratic Republic) History 1997- Congo (Democratic Republic) Politics and government 1997- Civil war Politics and government Congo (Democratic Republic) Since 1997 fast DT658.26 .S745 2021 967.51034 The war that doesn't say its name Stearns, Jason K. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2021. 1st. (DLC) 2021013542 9780691194080 0691194084 9780691224527 2021013541 IEN/DLC 210323 20220215102703.0 in00004549920 eng