The Congo-Zaire Experience, 1960–98
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The Congo-Zaire Experience, 1960–98

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The Congo-Zaire Experience, 1960–98

About this book

A fascinating account of a huge Central African country, almost completely unprepared for liberation from colonial rule in 1960 and plunged into the anarchy of factional struggles for central power, against a background of regional separatism. A UN force stepped in to prevent the mineral-rich province of Katanga from breaking away and stayed for nearly four years, after which quarrelling warlords fought for central power, or for or against separatism. In 1965, Mobutu came to power, ruling as a dictator his Single-Party State, until he was finally toppled in 1997 by a Tutsi-backed invasion force led by Kabila.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of Maps
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. List of Abbreviations
  10. Chronology
  11. List of Maps
  12. 1 The Belgian Congo
  13. 2 Independence and Clashing Personalities
  14. 3 Lumumba the Legend: 1960–61
  15. 4 ONUC versus Katanga and Others: 1961–62
  16. 5 Prime Minister Tshombe
  17. 6 The NLC in Retreat
  18. 7 Plots, Mutiny and Revolt
  19. 8 The First Invasion of Shaba: 1977
  20. 9 The Second Invasion of Shaba
  21. 10 The Single Party State
  22. 11 Genocide in Burundi and Rwanda
  23. 12 The End of the Mobutu Era
  24. 13 The Democratic Republic of the Congo
  25. 14 Bleak Prospects
  26. Bibliography
  27. Index