The Rise and Decline of the Zairian State

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The Rise and Decline of the Zairian State is written by Crawford Young and published by University of Wisconsin Pres. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0299101134 (ISBN 10) and 9780299101138 (ISBN 13).

Zaire, apparently strong and stable under Presdident Mobutu in the early 1970s, was bankrupt and discredited by the end of that decade, beset by hyperinflation and mass corruption, the populace forced into abject poverty. Why and how, in a new african state strategically located in Central Africa and rich in mineral resources, did this happen? How did the Zairian state become a “parasitic predator” upon its own people?