Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa by Jason Stearns

Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa

Jason Stearns

380 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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A "tremendous," "intrepid" history of the devastating war in the heart of Africa's Congo, with first-hand accounts of the continent's worst conflict in modern times. At the heart of Africa is the Congo, a country the size of Western Europe, bord...

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informative 92%
dark 57%
challenging 50%
sad 50%
emotional 42%
reflective 35%
tense 28%
funny 14%
adventurous 7%
hopeful 7%
inspiring 7%

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slow 15%

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