Maybe you've heard about the Battle of Jadotville or something, but there was actually a lot more to the Congo Crisis than that time the Irish smacked down hella mercenaries. Let's talk about some of that other stuff.

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Hobbs, Nicole, "The UN and the Congo Crisis of 1960" (2014). Harvey M. Applebaum ’59 Award. 6. http://elischolar.library.yale.edu/ap...

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Natufe, Omajuwa Igho. “THE COLD WAR AND THE CONGO CRISIS, 1960-1961.” Africa: Rivista Trimestrale Di Studi e Documentazione Dell’Istituto Italiano per l’Africa e l’Oriente, vol. 39, no. 3, 1984, pp. 353–374.

"The Congo Crisis." Global Events: Milestone Events Throughout History, edited by Jennifer Stock, vol. 1: Africa, Gale, 2014, pp. 308-312.

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