Title: Tragedy on an Epic Scale
Product review: Hochschild's wonderfully written history of Leopold's outrageous colonial scheme brings to life remarkable personalities, presenting a vast canvas of human suffering and some of the heroic attempts at redemption. The fascinating array of personalities and historical forces makes this book a page turner from beginning to end. Leopold's disgusting avarice and the greed of his minions brought horror on a scale unimaginable in those times and created the first modern "human rights" campaign. This book is a "must" for serious students of colonialism, Africa, and human rights, to name but a few areas of study it touches on.
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