The Assassination of Patrice Lumumba—With Stuart Reid
On this episode of American Prestige, a discussion about the downfall of the first president of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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The Assassination of Patrice Lumumba with Stuart Reid | American Prestige
On this episode of American Prestige, Patrice Lumumba, the first president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has become a mythic figure among the left, due in no small part to the CIA’s role in his ousting and assassination less than one year after the start of his premiership. Stuart Reid, editor at Foreign Affairs, joins Derek to discuss the full story of Lumumba’s downfall, as detailed in Reid’s recent book The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination.
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The Congo-Premier Patrice Lumumba in 1960 crosses the city in a Congolese Army truck after his arrest and return to the captial.
(Bettmann / Getty Images)On this episode of American Prestige, Patrice Lumumba, the first president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has become a mythic figure among the left, due in no small part to the CIA’s role in his ousting and assassination less than one year after the start of his premiership.
Stuart Reid, editor at Foreign Affairs, joins Derek to discuss the full story of Lumumba’s downfall, as detailed in Reid’s recent book The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination.
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