Describes the 1960 victory of Congolese peasants and workers, led by Patrice Lumumba, against Belgian colonial rule. And the role, under United Nations cover, of Washington, Brussels, and other imperialist powers in the overthrow and assassination of Lumumba. Written as the struggles for freedom unfolded there at the beginning of the 1960s. Also available in Farsi (ISBN: 9780873489355). Dick Roberts is the author of Revolution in the Congo (2001) and American Railroads: The Case for Nationalization (1980).