The Lumumba plot: the secret history of the CIA and a Cold War assassination

Prologue: The loose tooth

Subject. The boy from Onalua ; Promising docility ; The most impossible job on earth ; To Brussels and back ; Not a slave ; Awakenings ; The year of Africa ; The rounded table ; Uhuru! ; The king's sword

Premier. The newest country ; A nonexistent army ; A body without a head ; Magic men from the sky ; A political miracle ; An experiment in peace ; Powerless ; A humiliating defeat ; Hail Lumumba! ; The lamp and the statue

Target. The Katanga question ; Simba ; The long way home ; Operation L. suggestions ; Changing the scenery ; Sound and fury ; Desperate measures ; Jungle demagogue ; The special group ; Bakwanga

Captive. The sleeping crocodile ; A bungled firing ; Hamlet of the Congo ; This is not a military coup ; Spitting on the UN ; Sid from Paris ; Homebound ; Backup plans ; Cold storage ; Vote of confidence

Martyr. The big rabbit has escaped ; A damp cell ; Comeback ; The green light ; Patrice Akufi ; The antelope hunters ; Get Hammarskjöld! ; Lovanium ; The final flight ; Our man in Leopoldville

Epilogue: The arrogance of power.