LONGLISTED FOR THE ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 'One of the
mysteries I've long been fascinated by, and I am so grateful that
Ravi Somaiya has cracked it open so brilliantly' David Grann,
author of Killers of the Flower Moon A PLANE CRASH IN THE JUNGLE. A
LEGENDARY STATESMAN DEAD. A TRAGIC ACCIDENT... OR THE ULTIMATE
CONSPIRACY? For nearly sixty years, the circumstances surrounding
the death of renowned diplomat Dag Hammarskjoeld have remained one
of the Cold War's most tightly guarded secrets. Now, with exclusive
evidence, investigative journalist Ravi Somaiya finally uncovers
the truth. In 1961 the Congo was in crisis, fragmented and at war
with itself. The streets of Leopoldville, the capital, were
crawling with CIA operatives, MI6 agents and Soviet infiltrators.
Belgian colonialists, Rhodesian white supremacists and corporate
mercenaries massed in the south of the country. The chaos conspired
to make it one of the most dangerous places on earth. UN Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjoeld, the man John F. Kennedy called 'the
greatest statesman of our century' flew into the maelstrom. He was
an idealist. The Congo's best hope for peace and independence. But
en route to a diplomatic summit to reunite the country,
Hammarskjoeld's plane mysteriously disappeared. Soon afterward he
was discovered dead in the smoking wreckage, an Ace of Spades
playing card placed on his body. A riveting work of investigative
journalism based on new evidence, recently revealed first-hand
accounts, and groundbreaking interviews, Operation Morthor reveals
the plot behind one of the longest-standing murder mysteries of the
Cold War, with dark implications for governments and corporations
alike.
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