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The Lumumba Plot: The CIA-Backed Assassination of the DRC's First Democratically Elected Leader, with Stuart Reid, Executive Editor of Foreign Affairs
FromThe Burn Bag – National Security and Foreign Policy Redefined
The Lumumba Plot: The CIA-Backed Assassination of the DRC's First Democratically Elected Leader, with Stuart Reid, Executive Editor of Foreign Affairs
FromThe Burn Bag – National Security and Foreign Policy Redefined
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Length:
57 minutes
Released:
Nov 6, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
This week, A'ndre and Andrea spoke with Stuart Reid, Executive Editor of Foreign Affairs, on his new book The Lumumba Plot, which investigates the CIA's role in the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first democratically-elected leader of the DRC in 1961. We profile Lumumba with Stuart, and describe the then-Republic of Congo's colonial history, discussing what the process of decolonization between Belgium and the Republic of Congo (chaotically) looked like. Stuart chats about Belgian involvement in post-colonial Congo, and why the CIA's paranoia of Soviet influence led to the sanctioning of a plot to assassinate Lumumba. We reflect on how the Lumumba assassination has reverberated throughout the DRC's history, and lessons to be learned for U.S. foreign policy.
Released:
Nov 6, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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