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Index
Dedication
Epigraph
Contents
List of Illustrations
Maps
Introduction
1. New Spirits: Central Africa Draws the Attention of East and West | 1870–1885
2. “Diabolical Filth”: Congo Under Leopold II | 1885–1908
3. The Belgians Set us Free: The Early Years of the Colonial Regime | 1908–1921
4. In the Stranglehold of Fear: Growing Unrest and Mutual Suspicion in Peacetime | 1921–1940
5. The Red Hour of the Kickoff: The War and the Deceptive Calm That Followed | 1940–1955
6. Soon to be Ours: A Belated Decolonization, a Sudden Independence | 1955–1960
7. A Thursday in June
8. The Struggle for the Throne: The Turbulent Years of the First Republic | 1960–1965
9. The Electric Years: Mobutu Gets Down to Business | 1965–1975
10. Toujours Servir: A Marshal’s Madness | 1975–1990
11. The Death Throes: Democratic Opposition and Military Confrontation | 1990–1997
12. Compassion, What is That?: The Great War of Africa | 1997–2002
13. La Bière Et La Prière (Suds and Sanctity): New Players in a Wasted Land | 2002–2006
14. The Recess: Hope and Despair in a Newborn Democracy | 2006–2010
15. WWW.COM
Acknowledgments
Sources
Notes
References
Index
About the Author
Also by David Van Reybrouck
Credits
Copyright
About the Publisher
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