Download or read book Great Lakes Conflagration written by Tom Cooper and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Great Lakes Conflagration' is the second in two volumes covering military operations in Zaire - as the Congo was named from 1971 until 1997 - and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at the turn of the 21st century. It explores developments in the DRC that led to the outbreak of violence in August 1998.