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Death in the Congo
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. List of Illustrations and Maps ix
  4. People and Places, 1960 xi
  5. Introduction 1
  6. 1. The Congo of the Belgians 5
  7. 2. In dependence 19
  8. 3. The Empire Strikes Back 32
  9. 4. The Cold War Comes to Africa 52
  10. 5. Dag Hammarskjöld and the UN 73
  11. 6. The Government Falls 91
  12. 7. Mobutu 107
  13. 8. Africans against Lumumba 122
  14. 9. The Central Intelligence Agency 135
  15. 10. The Return of the Belgians 156
  16. 11. Lumumba Imperiled 177
  17. 12. Killing Lumumba 194
  18. Epilogue 215
  19. Notes 225
  20. Essay on Sources 251
  21. Acknowledgments 267
  22. Index 269
https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674735729.c4

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. List of Illustrations and Maps ix
  4. People and Places, 1960 xi
  5. Introduction 1
  6. 1. The Congo of the Belgians 5
  7. 2. In dependence 19
  8. 3. The Empire Strikes Back 32
  9. 4. The Cold War Comes to Africa 52
  10. 5. Dag Hammarskjöld and the UN 73
  11. 6. The Government Falls 91
  12. 7. Mobutu 107
  13. 8. Africans against Lumumba 122
  14. 9. The Central Intelligence Agency 135
  15. 10. The Return of the Belgians 156
  16. 11. Lumumba Imperiled 177
  17. 12. Killing Lumumba 194
  18. Epilogue 215
  19. Notes 225
  20. Essay on Sources 251
  21. Acknowledgments 267
  22. Index 269
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