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MICHELA WRONG - In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz. Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo

Title: In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz. Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo
Description: Harper Collins, 2000. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 338. He was known as "the Leopard," and for the thirty-two years of his reign Mobutu Sese Seko, president of Zaire, showed all the cunning of his namesake, seducing Western powers, buying up the opposition, and dominating his people with a devastating combination of brutality and charm. While the population was pauperized, he plundered the country's copper and diamond resources, downing pink champagne in his jungle palace like some modern-day reincarnation of Joseph Conrad's crazed station manager. ISBN: 9780060188801. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Price: EUR 12.50 = appr. US$ 13.59 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 1990890

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