INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. INTRODUCTION vii
4. PART ONE. THE CONGO UNDER THE TSHOMBE GOVERNMENT
5. I. THE HEAD OF STATE, THE GOVERNMENT, AND THE DIFFERENT OPPOSITIONS 3
6. II. THE REBELLION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES 43
7. III. THE ELECTIONS 201
8. IV. THE FUNCTIONING OF THE REGIME AND THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC SITUATION 237
9. V. FOREIGN RELATIONS UNDER THE TSHOMBE GOVERNMENT 264
10. PART TWO. TSHOMBE‘S FORCED RESIGNATION AND THE ATTEMPTS AT A KIMBA GOVERNMENT
11. I. RISING OPPOSITION BETWEEN THE HEAD OF STATE AND THE HEAD OF THE GOVERNMENT 309
12. II. THE SPECIAL SESSION OF PARLIAMENT 322
13. III. THE REGULAR SESSION OF PARLIAMENT 340
14. IV. PRESIDENT KASAVUBU AT THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY MEETING AT ACCRA 388
15. PART THREE. THE REGIME OF GENERAL MOBUTU AND MULAMBA
16. I. THE COUP D‘ETAT 409
17. II. THE MULAMBA GOVERNMENT 419
18. III. FIRST MEASURES ENACTED BY THE NEW GOVERNMENT 427
19. IV. ORIENTATION OF THE REGIME. CONGOLESE AND INTERNATIONAL REACTIONS 436
20. V. THE REBELLION AFTER THE SEIZURE OF POWER BY GENERAL MOBUTU 456
21. INDEX AND MAPS 461
22. LIST OF DOCUMENTS 488