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White malice : the CIA and the covert recolonization of Africa
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Drawing on original research and recently declassified documents, this book exposes the covert operations pursued by the CIA from Ghana to the Congo to the UN in an effort to frustrate and deny Afr...
Drawing on original research and recently declassified documents, this book exposes the covert operations pursued by the CIA from Ghana to the Congo to the UN in an effort to frustrate and deny Africa's new generation of nationalist leaders.
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- Creator
- Susan Williams
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- New York, NY : PublicAffairs, 2021
- ©2021
- Physical Details
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- viii, 651 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781541768291, 1541768299, 9781541768284
- OCLC
- on1259440854
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-625) and index.
- The United States of Africa. Freedom at midnight ; 'My home is over Jordan' ; The challenge of the Congo ; 'Hands off Africa!' -- The CIA. Infiltration into Africa ; 'Africa has become the real battleground' ; Atomium -- African jazz. The rise of Lumumba ; 'Table ronde' ; Ambassador burden -- America and Africa. The Africa division of the CIA ; Voice of Africa ; American CIA agent and Kenyan CIA asset -- 'Indépendance cha cha'. 'The courageous have won' ; Year of Africa ; Things fall apart ; Eisenhower snubs Lumumba -- YQPROP. Bribery, bugging and Green Berets ; The road to Calvary ; The poison plot -- The global game. Africa at the United Nations ; Spying on the UN ; 'Lumumba assails US on uranium' -- Carrot and stick. Third-country agent QJWIN ; 'The big American stick' ; Ambassador Satch -- The turning point. Trick or escape? ; Manhunt for Lumumba ; Deep cover agent WIROGUE ; Baking a snake ; Sunk hope -- The seeds are sown. Arming the skies ; 'A bride everybody wants' ; Made in America ; Hands off Ghana! ; 'America's Angolan' -- Dark days. 'The CIA reptilian coils' ; Closing in on Nkrumah ; 'One step backward. We shall take two forward' ; The dead hand