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To Katanga and Back - A UN Case History (Paperback, Main)
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To Katanga and Back - A UN Case History (Paperback, Main)
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Loot Price R537
Discovery Miles 5 370
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July 1960: The newly independent Congo is hit by the secession of
its mineral rich-province Katanga, led by Moise Tshombe and backed
by Belgium and Britain. June 1961: Dr Conor Cruise O'Brien arrives
in Katanga as Special Representative of United Nations Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjoeld, his task (under a UN resolution) to
arrest and repatriate the mercenaries and foreign interests
propping up Tshombe. The consequences of this mission will prove
fateful for all parties. This is the story of how a brilliant Irish
diplomat found himself in Africa amid one of history's maelstroms.
O'Brien reconstructs the complex, tragic, sometimes comic events of
a drama in which he found himself controversially at centre stage.
The result is history from the inside: a valuable study of 'the
game of nations', and of the UN's unique functioning and
malfunctioning.
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