| Description |
1 online resource (372 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
"Bebop-a-lula" Stockholm, 2009 -- The Congo, 1960 -- "A third world war". Katanga and Rhodesia, 1961 -- Mission for peace -- Midnight death in British Africa -- "They killed him! They got him!" -- The white settlers investigate -- The UN inquiry -- The cha cha cha. Zambia, 2009 -- Big business, intelligence and Britain -- An American intelligence officer: Cyprus, 1961 -- High frequency: Ethiopia, 1961 -- The French connection -- The hijack hypotheses -- Aerial warfare -- "Operation Celeste" -- Mercenaries under apartheid -- Private and military -- Secrets and lies |
| Summary |
One of the outstanding mysteries of the twentieth century, and one with huge political resonance, is the death of Dag Hammarskjold and his UN team in a plane crash in central Africa in 1961. Just minutes after midnight, his aircraft plunged into thick forest in the British colony of Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), abruptly ending his mission to bring peace to the Congo. Across the world, many suspected sabotage, accusing the multi-nationals and the governments of Britain, Belgium, the USA and South Africa of involvement in the disaster. These suspicions have never gone away. British High Commissio |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Hammarskjöld, Dag, 1905-1961 -- Death and burial
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| SUBJECT |
Hammarskjöld, Dag, 1905-1961 fast |
| Subject |
United Nations -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
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| SUBJECT |
United Nations fast |
| Subject |
Death and burial of a person
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Diplomatic relations
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| SUBJECT |
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85149567
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Africa -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1960.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001554
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Africa -- Foreign relations -- 1960-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001555
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| Subject |
Africa
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Congo (Democratic Republic)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780190257354 |
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0190257350 |
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