MORE emotional overtones were attached to the word “mercenaries” than to almost any other factor in the Katanga war. To the newly independent Afro-Asian nations (and to many U.S. liberals ...

Many of them are probably no less idealistic than the U.N. soldiers fighting against Katanga (who in turn are denounced as “mercenaries” by Tshombe). Other African states employ foreign ...

And in the mineral-rich Katanga region, this led to the assassination ... Through a combination of charm, mercenaries and ...