Born: 5-Oct-1942
Birthplace: New York City

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: King Leopold's Ghost

Wife: Arlie Russell (sociologist, m. 26-Jun-1965, two sons)

    University: BA History and Literature, Harvard University (1963)

    National Public Radio Commentator (1982-83)
    Mother Jones Co-Founder, Writer, Editor (1974-81)
    Ramparts Writer, Editor (1966-68 and 1973-74)
    The San Francisco Chronicle Reporter (1965-66)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Manufacturing Dissent (11-Feb-2007)

Author of books:
Half the Way Home: A Memoir of Father and Son (1986, memoir)
The Mirror at Midnight: A South African Journey (1990, history)
The Unquiet Ghost: Russians Remember Stalin (1994, history)
Finding the Trapdoor: Essays, Portraits, Travels (1997, essays)
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa (1998, history)
To Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves (2005, history)
To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 (2011, history)

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