Katanga 1960-63 by Christopher Othen ( epub)

Katanga 1960-63: Mercenaries, Spies and the African Nation that Waged War on the World by Christopher Othen

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Genre: Non-Fiction > History

Overview:

The first full account of an African secession that introduced the modern mercenary–and killed the head of the United Nations

In King Leopold II's infamous Congo "Free" State at the turn of the century, severed hands became a form of currency. But some Belgians didn't seem to have a sense of historical shame, as they connived for an independent Katanga state in 1960 to protect Belgian mining interests. What happened next was extraordinary. Katanga 1960-63 tells, for the first time, the full story of the Congolese province that declared independence and found itself at war with the world. The Congo had no intention of allowing the renegade region to secede, and neither did the CIA, the KGB, or the United Nations