The Lumumba Plot Book Launch | A Conversation with Stuart A. Reid

Foreign Affairs Executive Editor Stuart Reid discusses his new book, The Lumumba Plot, which follows the dramatic history of the Congo in 1960 on the edge of its independence from Belgium, the ensuing CIA plot against its prime minister, Patrice Lumumba, and how these events set the stage for the country's next three decades of misrule.
This conversation initially took place on November 7, 2023.
Further Reading:
www.foreignaffairs.com/review...

[@BlueBaron3339]

Okay, you sold me...I just bought the book! Yet, as I did I couldn't help but be proud as an American that books like this are not just written here, and accepted here, but celebrated here as well.

[@fToo]

if the CIA ever declassify their files - will Stuart write a second version of the book ?!

[@davidjones6389]

18th Century Colonialism had to be propped up much like the French in Vietnam, following WWII, so the actions by the CIA, and other Intel agencies that perpetuate todays distrust of the West globally are deeply rooted in unrestricted Capitalism and the growth of extremism. Now China is moving in with their 19th Century leverage play perpetuating more distrust of outsiders. International-Capitalism, theologic terrorism, and extreme Ideology have almost zero accountability, and are repeating the last millennial. So Africa will be the next global conflict zone.