Congo Cables: The Cold War in Africa--From Eisenhower to Kennedy by Kalb, Madeleine

New York: Macmillan, May 1982. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. First printing review copy laid-in with publisher's press release. Appears unmarked. Spine straight and tight, tail lightly bumped. Jacket lightly rubbed. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxx + 466 pages.
Examines how the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations manipulated the 1960-1963 Congo crises and countered Soviet influence on Lumumba, Tshombe, and Mobotu. The centerpiece of this almost day-to-day account of the 1960s Congo crisis is the U.S. effort to get rid of firebrand Patrice Lumumba, by "Fair Means or Foul"--as came to light in the hearings of the 1975 Select Committee on Intelligence Activities and was published in the Committee report. The "Congo cables" are some 2500 other, recently declassified documents--mostly State Department cables--which Kalb utilizes to fill out the story. What is interesting is her observation that the Congolese effort to dispose of Lumumba may have been stepped up… Read More

Macmillan, 1982. Hard cover. Very good/Very good. Jacket is shelf worn and slightly rubbed, otherwise jacket is in good condition with no other visible flaws apart from some light handling wear. Cover boards are in great condition with no other visible flaws apart from some light handling wear. Binding is tight. Inside is clean and unmarked.

New York: Macmillan, 1982. First. hardcover. very good(+)/very good. xxviii + 466pp., 8vo, cloth-backed green boards, d.w. New York: Macmillan, (1982). First edition. A very good (+) copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/>

New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc, 1982. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. xxviii, [2], 466 pages. Map. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Foxing to fore-edge, some soiling to rear DJ, DJ in plastic sleeve. The author is the wife of Marvin Kalb. She earned a Ph.D. from Columbia University and is a U.S.-Russian/U.S.-Soviet relations specialist. Derived from a Kirkus review: The centerpiece of this almost day-to-day account of the 1960s Congo crisis is the US effort to get rid of firebrand Patrice Lumumba, by ""Fair Means or Foul""--as came to light in the hearings of the 1975 Select Committee on Intelligence Activities and was published in the Committee report. The ""Congo cables"" are some 2500 other, recently declassified documents--mostly State Dept. cables--which Kalb utilizes to fill out the story. What is interesting is her observation that the Congolese effort to dispose of Lumumba may have been stepped up for fear that the… Read More

New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1982. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. 466pp. Faint spotting and owner name on the table of contents page else fine in a very good dust jacket with tears, curling, and internal foxing. Methodist minister and civil rights activist George Houser's copy.