To Katanga and back: A UN case history
July 1960: The newly independent Congo is hit by the secession of its mineral rich-province Katanga, led by Mo�se Tshombe and backed by Belgium and...
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July 1960: The newly independent Congo is hit by the secession of its mineral rich-province Katanga, led by Mo�se 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 Hammarskj�ld, 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.
- Format:Hardcover
- Pages:370 pages
- Publication:1963
- Publisher:Simon and Schuster
- Edition:1st Edition
- Language:eng
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- kindle Asin:B00P2FE7W0
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