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Belgium and the Congo, 1885-1980
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Guy Vanthemsche |
"While the impact of a colonising metropole on subjected territories has been widely scrutinized, the effect of empire on the colonising country has long been neglected. Recently, many studies have e… |
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King Leopold's ghost
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Adam Hochschild |
In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized for himself the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. Carrying out a genocid… |
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In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz
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Michela Wrong |
Known as "the Leopard," the president of Zaire for thirty-two years, Mobutu Sese Seko, showed all the cunning of his namesake -- seducing Western powers, buying up the opposition, and dominating his … |
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Peace Enforcement
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Jane Boulden |
"Boulden argues that, while problematic, peace enforcement is a potentially viable tool for the United Nations. The implementation of peace enforcement operations does, however, present the United Na… |
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