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_qalkaline paper)
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_q(hardcover ;
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_b.G47 2015
100 1 _aGerard, E.
_q(Emmanuel),
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aDeath in the Congo :
_bmurdering Patrice Lumumba /
_cEmmanuel Gerard, Bruce Kuklick.
260 _aCambridge, Massachusetts :
_bHarvard University Press,
_c2015.
300 _axiii, 276 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c25 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 251-266) and index.
505 0 _aThe Congo of the Belgians -- Independence -- The empire strikes back -- The Cold War comes to Africa -- Dag Hammarskj�old and the UN -- The government falls -- Mobutu -- Africans against Lumumba -- The Central Intelligence Agency -- The return of the Belgians -- Lumumba imperiled -- Killing Lumumba -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Essay on sources.
520 _aWhen Belgium relinquished colonial control of the Congo in June 1960, a charismatic thirty-five-year-old African nationalist, Patrice Lumumba, became prime minister of the new republic. Yet stability immediately broke down. A mutinous Congolese Army spread havoc, while Katanga Province in southeast Congo seceded altogether. Belgium dispatched its military to protect its citizens, and the United Nations soon intervened with its own peacekeeping troops. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, both the Soviet Union and the United States maneuvered to turn the crisis to their Cold War advantage. A coup in September secretly aided by the UN toppled Lumumba's government. In January 1961, armed men drove Lumumba to a secluded corner of the Katanga bush, stood him up beside a hastily dug grave, and shot him. His rule as Africa's first democratically elected leader had lasted ten weeks. Fifty years later, the murky circumstances and tragic symbolism of Lumumba's assassination still trouble many people around the world. Emmanuel Gerard and Bruce Kuklick pursue events through a web of international politics, revealing a tangled history in which many people black and white, well-meaning and ruthless, African, European, and American bear responsibility for this crime.
600 1 0 _aLumumba, Patrice,
_d1925-1961
_xAssassination.
600 1 0 _aHammarskjold, Dag,
_d1905-1961.
600 1 7 _aHammarskjold, Dag,
_d1905-1961.
_2fast
600 1 7 _aLumumba, Patrice,
_d1925-1961.
_2fast
600 1 7 _aLumumba, Patrice E.
_d1925-1961
_2gnd
610 2 0 _aUnited Nations
_zCongo (Democratic Republic)
610 2 7 _aUnited Nations.
_2fast
610 2 7 _aVereinte Nationen
_2gnd
648 7 _a1960-1997
_2fast
650 7 _aAssassination.
_2fast
_917607
650 7 _aDiplomatic relations.
_2fast
650 7 _aPolitics and government
_2fast
650 7 _aMord
_2gnd
650 7 _aUnabh�angigkeit
_2gnd
650 7 _aCongo (Kinshasa).
_2pplt
650 7 _aBelgium.
_2pplt
_92760
650 7 _aUnited States of America.
_2pplt
650 7 _aPoliticians.
_2pplt
650 7 _aTargeted killings.
_2pplt
650 7 _aCivil wars.
_2pplt
650 7 _aInternational relations.
_2pplt
650 7 _aHistory.
_2pplt
651 0 _aCongo (Democratic Republic)
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1960-1965.
651 0 _aBelgium
_xForeign relations
_zCongo (Democratic Republic)
651 0 _aCongo (Democratic Republic)
_xForeign relations
_zBelgium.
651 0 _aCongo (Democratic Republic)
_xForeign relations
_zUnited States.
_912289
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_zCongo (Democratic Republic)
_912290
651 0 _aCongo (Democratic Republic)
_xPolitics and government
_y1960-1997.
651 6 _aCongo (République démocratique)
_xHistoire
_y1960-1965 (Guerre civile)
651 6 _aBelgique
_xRelations extérieures
_zCongo (République démocratique)
651 6 _aCongo (République démocratique)
_xRelations extérieures
_zBelgique.
651 6 _aCongo (République démocratique)
_xRelations extérieures
_zEtats-Unis.
651 6 _aEtats-Unis
_xRelations extérieures
_zCongo (République démocratique)
651 6 _aCongo (République démocratique)
_xPolitique et gouvernement
_y1960-1997.
651 7 _aBelgium.
_2fast
651 7 _aCongo (Democratic Republic)
_2fast
651 7 _aUnited States.
_2fast
651 7 _aBelgien
_2gnd
651 7 _aBelgisch-Kongo
_2gnd
651 7 _aUSA
_2gnd
655 7 _aHistory.
_2fast
655 7 _aHistory.
_2lcgft
700 1 _aKuklick, Bruce,
_d1941-
_eauthor.
856 4 2 _3Book review (H-Net)
_uhttp://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=43950
856 4 1 _zFull-text
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