xii, 360 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Henry Morton Stanley and the new journalism -- Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza and the making of the French Third Republic -- Charles Gordon, imperial saint -- The "Stanley craze" -- Jean-Baptiste Marchand, Fashoda, and the Dreyfus Affair -- Brazza and the scandal of the Congo -- Hubert Lyautey and the French seizure of Morocco.
