King Leopold's Ghost

by Adam Hochschild

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In the 1880's, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized for himself the vast and largely unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. Carrying out a genocidal plundering of the Congo, he looted its rubber, brutalized its people, and ultimately slashed the population by ten million--all while shrewdly cultivating his international reputation as a great humanitarian. Heroic efforts to expose this secret crime finally led to the first great international human rights movement of the 20th century in which everyone from Mark Twain to the Archbishop of Canterbury participated.
  • ISBN10 129989674X
  • ISBN13 9781299896741
  • Publish Date 1 January 1999 (first published 21 September 1998)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 19 May 2015
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Mariner Books
  • Format eBook
  • Language English