Title: bottom line
Product review: These are of course very difficult subjects to sleuth out, but.....His analysis of estimated people killed in Congo (5-8 million) is less than rigorous.Likewise, rigorous analysis of what ($) Leopold put into the Congo vs. what he took out is lacking. Was this a successful venture for Leopold financially (on a return-on-investment basis)? Maybe or maybe not, but Hockschild does not prove it by pointing out that Leopold put up a few statues and built a wing on his chateau.......Leo was't exactly poor to begin with.
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