I realized something else about the terror in the Congo and the controversy that came to surround it. It was the first major international atrocity s… - Adam Hochschild
" "I realized something else about the terror in the Congo and the controversy that came to surround it. It was the first major international atrocity scandal in the age of the telegraph and the camera. In its mixture of bloodshed on an industrial scale, royalty, sex, the power of celebrity, and rival lobbying media campaigns in half a dozen countries, it seemed strikingly close to our own time. (Introduction, page 4)
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About Adam Hochschild
(born October 5, 1942) is an American author, journalist, and historian, whose best-known works include King Leopold's Ghost (1998), Bury the Chains (2005), The Unquiet Ghost (1994), and Spain in Our Hearts (2016).
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