Cold war in the heart of Africa. USSR and the Congo Crisis of 1960-1964

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This book is about the participation of our country in the events in the Congo in 1960-1964, which went down in history as the Congolese crisis. The Congo became the first flashpoint of the Cold War in sub-Saharan Africa. The fight for a huge territory in the "heart of Africa", rich in strategic minerals, is filled with events that "shook the world." The riots that engulfed the country a week after the declaration of independence, the separation of the province of Katanga and the entry of UN troops (July 1960). The assassination of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, one of the symbols of independent Africa (1961). Dramatic, full of unexpected turns, the three-year struggle for the return of Katanga to the Congo (1960-1963), which cost the life of UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld. A powerful uprising of Lumumba supporters (1964), which was suppressed only with the help of external military intervention, which led to the death of dozens of white hostages.
.On the basis of documents from the archives of Russia, Great Britain and the United States, the role of the Soviet Union in the Congolese crisis, its motives, intentions and actions in the context of the policies of other players, foreign and Congolese, are investigated. The author analyzed the factors that forced the Soviet leadership to refrain from taking steps to escalate the crisis. 

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Barcode: 9785912441219 SKU: 70099317 Category:
Publication language: Russian

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