WINNER OF THE 1999 DUFF COOPER PRIZE. 'Brilliant .. this book must be read and re-read' Neal Ascherson'. 'A hundred years ago, enlightened people in the western world were outraged by a holocaust in Africa which left millions dead. Denunciations thundered from speaker's platforms around the US and Europe. One open letter to The Times was signed by 11 peers, 19 bishops and 75 MPs. Viscount Grey, Britain's foreign secretary, declared that no overseas issue had so intensely aroused the British public for 30 years. Conan Doyle wrote a pamphlet on the Congo atrocities which sold 25,000 copies in the first week alone. Yet today not one person in a thousand could say what the fuss was all about, unless, of course, they have read this amazing book.' Tariq Ali, Financial Times 'Fascinating ... brilliant and gripping' Mail on Sunday 'An exemplary piece of history writing:...
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2013-09-07
Betyg 
Tämligen lärorik men för många personer att hålla reda på och de är dessutom för onyanserat skildrade.
2011-01-02
Betyg 
Bra och skrämmande om hur kolonialismen fungerade. Var belgarna värre än andra, kanske men här har det i alla fall dokumenterats och uppmärksammats.
2009-08-18
Betyg 
Dålig översättning. Full av upprepningar av uttryck som möjligen användes under tidigt 1900-tal. "Till yttermera visso..." är bara ett exempel som återkommer otaliga gånger
