America's Tyrant: The CIA and Mobutu of Zaire : how the United States Put Mobutu in Power, Protected Him from His Enemies, Helped Him Become One of the Richest Men in the World, and Lived to Regret itDetails the 30-year relationship between the US and Mobutu. |
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Our Kind of Tyrant | 1 |
How Things Fell Apart and Why | 15 |
Mobutu Kasavubu Lumumba Tshombe and Washington | 27 |
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