Susan Williams

Who Killed Hammarskjold?

The Un, the Cold War and White Supremacy in Africa. Sprachen: Englisch. 21,7 cm / 14,4 cm / 2,3 cm ( B/H/T )
EAN 9780190873974
26,00 €
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320 Seiten
Oktober 2017
Oxford University Press

It has been 50 years since the UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold mysteriously died in a plane crash in Africa. Williams uncovers new evidence to demonstrate conclusively that the horrific conflict in the Congo was driven not so much by internal divisions as by the Cold War and the West's determination to control post-colonial Africa.

Susan Williams Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London. Her books on Africa include Spies in the Congo: The Race for the Ore That Built the Atomic Bomb (2011) and Colour Bar: The Triumph of Seretse Khama and His Nation (2006). In autumn 2016, Pathé released a film based on The Colour Bar under the title A United Kingdom https: www.youtube.com/watch?v=url66-67O90, starring David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike.