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Item Details
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TO KATANGA AND BACK
A UN CASE HISTORY |
| By: |
Conor Cruise O'Brien, Oliver Kamm |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£10.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0571323340 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780571323340 |
| Publisher: |
FABER & FABER |
| Pub. date: |
15 January, 2015 |
| Description: |
July 1960: The newly independent Congo is hit by secession in its province Katanga. June 1961: Dr Conor Cruise O'Brien arrives in Katanga as Special Representative of UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold, his task to arrest and repatriate the mercenaries and foreign interests propping up Tshombe. This book is about his experiences in Katanga. |
| Synopsis: |
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 Hammarskjold, 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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UK |
| Imprint: |
Faber Finds |
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Non-returnable |
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