The Political Economy of Third World Intervention : Mines, Money, and U. S. Policy in the Congo Crisis by Gibbs, David N

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: x, 322 pages : maps ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-307) and index. Contents: Explaining foreign intervention : toward a business conflict model -- Historical background to the Congo crisis -- The Congo crisis -- The anticolonial bloc and the Congo -- The decline of business conflict, 1963-65 -- The Mobutu regime and the recrudescence of business conflict -- Conclusion: rethinking the ""autonomy"" of the state. Subjects: Investments, American Congo (Democratic Republic); Investments, American Zaire; Investments, American Congo (Democratic Republic); Congo (Democratic Republic) History Civil War, 1960-1965; United States Foreign relations Congo; Zaire History 1960-1965; Economic relations History.