The Bank Notes of Katanga
Author : Peter Symes
Publisher :
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 10,24 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Bank notes
ISBN : 9780958540308
Author : Peter Symes
Publisher :
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 10,24 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Bank notes
ISBN : 9780958540308
Author : Christopher Othen
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 10,51 MB
Release : 2015-09-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0750965800
In King Leopold II’s infamous Congo ‘Free’ State at the turn of the century, severed hands became a form of currency. But the 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. It was an extremely uneven battle. The UN fielded soldiers from twenty nations, America paid the bills, and the Soviets intrigued behind the scenes. Yet to everyone’s surprise the new nation’s rag-tag army of local gendarmes, jungle tribesmen and, controversially, European mercenaries, refused to give in. For two and a half years Katanga, the scrawniest underdog ever to fight a war, held off the world with guerrilla warfare, two-faced diplomacy and some shady financial backing. It even looked as if the Katangese might win. Katanga 1960 tells, for the first time, the full story of the Congolese province that declared independence and found itself at war with the world.
Author : Conor Cruise O'Brien
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 48,6 MB
Release : 2015-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0571323340
July 1960: The newly independent Congo is hit by the secession of its mineral rich-province Katanga, led by Moïse 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 Hammarskjöld, 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.
Author : Jules Gérard-Libois
Publisher : Madison, U. of Wisconsin P
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 25,48 MB
Release : 1966
Category : Katanga (Congo)
ISBN :
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Publisher :
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 22,98 MB
Release : 1962
Category : Money
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 31,31 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Consular reports
ISBN :
Author : Yasha Beresiner
Publisher :
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 35,26 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :
Author : United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Publisher :
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 17,87 MB
Release : 1963
Category : World politics
ISBN :
Author : Colin R. Bruce
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,11 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Paper money
ISBN : 9780873492379
This ninth edition of one of the most comprehensive references for modern world paper money includes current market values for more than 10,600 notes in three grades of condition and over 7,200 photos and illustrations. 8-page color insert.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 13,35 MB
Release : 1906
Category : Colonies
ISBN :