[PDF.89jc] In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo

In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo

[PDF.zx75] In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo

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 | #226831 in Books |  2002-05-28 |  2002-05-28 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.00 x.83 x5.31l,.69 | File type: PDF | 368 pages

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||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| A Vivid Look Into Mobutu's Congo|By Customer|Though I read Hochschild's "King Leopold's Ghost" many years ago, I feel like it would be great to read that dark saga and then move on to this jagged, paranoid collection of stories. One reason to do this would be to simply compare literary styles. I really enjoy Wrong's writing style - portraits of ironic and manipulative kleptocr|.com |During Mobutu Sese Seko's 30 years as president of Zaire (now the Congo), he managed to plunder his nation's economy and live a life of excess unparalleled in modern history. A foreign correspondent in Zaire for six years, Michela Wrong has plenty of titi

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 people with a devastating combination of brutality and charm. While the population was pauperized, he plundered the country's copper and diamond resources, downing pink champagne in his jungle palace like some modern-day reincarnation of Joseph Conrad's crazed station mana...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo   |  Michela Wrong. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.

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