America's Tyrant

the CIA and Mobutu of Zaire : how the United States discovered Mobutu, put him in power, protected him from his enemies, and helped him become one of the richest men in the world, and lived to regret it

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The subtitle continues: How the United States Put Mobutu in Power, Protected Him from His Enemies, Helped Him Become One of the Richest Men in the World, and Lived to Regret it which about sums up the contents of this chronicle of the Congo (now Zaire). The author is a retired journalist whose first coverage of a coup d'etat was Mobutu's in 1965. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.