Congo - a live report

In this book, Heinrich Pichler offers an immediate insight into the crisis in the Congo in the years 1960 to 1965. From a different angle, his mother describes her unforgettable impressions of the country and the people she won during a visit there. The picture is rounded off by an overview of the political events in the Congo, short biographies of the important political figures and the tasks and prospects of the UN mandate. In this impressive eyewitness account, the Congo is shown as exemplary for decades of destabilisation after the assassination of the leading democratic politician, but it also points to the opportunities that exist despite the civil war and the need to contribute to stability and democratic developments.