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Adam Hochschild is an American author renowned for his historical works. His writing often focuses on social justice and human suffering, particularly historical events of the 19th and 20th centuries. His style is well-received by readers for its in-depth research and vivid storytelling.

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“France and Germany, long jealous of the king's lucrative rubber profits, had their eye on pieces of Congo territory. President Roosevelt hinted that he was willing to join Britain in convening an international conference to discuss the Congo’s fate. Three times the British and American ministers in Brussels went, together, to see the Belgian minister of foreign affairs and press for Belgian annexation. But sharply limited as Leopold II’s powers were in Belgium itself, the worried Belgian government had no legal authority over him in his role as ruler of the Congo. In the end, the king held the key cards, and he knew it.”

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Book:King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

Source: King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

“No one can know, of course, accurate population figures from an era before there was a census, but many officials on the ground at the time and later historians, demographers, and anthropologists have made estimates of great loss.”

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Book:The Ghost Still Haunts: Adam Hochschild responds to Bruce Gilley, who follows in kind

Source: The Ghost Still Haunts: Adam Hochschild responds to Bruce Gilley, who follows in kind

“On another point: King Leopold’s Ghost reproduces some of the photographs of Congo atrocities that fueled the worldwide protests against Leopold’s rule during the first decade of the twentieth century. These “fake photos,” Gilley declares, were “staged” by the photographer. Yes, some images appear posed—something true of most photos everywhere in an era when cameras were bulky contraptions on tripods whose subjects had to remain still for a few seconds.”

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Book:The Ghost Still Haunts: Adam Hochschild responds to Bruce Gilley, who follows in kind

Source: The Ghost Still Haunts: Adam Hochschild responds to Bruce Gilley, who follows in kind

“Prof. Gilley declares that my “central lie,” my “first and biggest deceit,” is to equate the État independant du Congo, the regime King Leopold II of Belgium controlled for 23 years, with colonialism.”

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Book:The Ghost Still Haunts: Adam Hochschild responds to Bruce Gilley, who follows in kind

Source: The Ghost Still Haunts: Adam Hochschild responds to Bruce Gilley, who follows in kind