Westview Profiles/Nations of Contemporary Africa

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Copyright © 1993 by Westview Press, Inc.

Published in 1993 in the United States of America by Westview Press, Inc., 5500 Central Avenue,
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Leslie, Winsome J.
Zaire: continuity and political change in an oppressive state /
Winsome J. Leslie.
p. cm. -- (Westview profiles. Nations of contemporary Africa)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-86531-298-2
1. Zaire--Politics and government--1960-- . 2. Zaire--Economic
conditions. 3. Despotism--Zaire--History. I. Title. II. Series.
DT658.L46 1993
967.51--dc20 92-46921
CIP

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