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And further along this path, if you really want to be saddened / depressed / disgusted, there's King Leopold's Ghost. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004KZOWEG http

• mycologos 5y ago
  Yeah, I'm genuinely surprised at how little stain there is on Belgium's international reputation as a result of this. I guess part of it is that the Belgian people themselves had relatively little to do with it while it was happening, and that the affected individuals largely don't speak English, but in terms of "a country goes out and messes up millions of other people for terrible reasons", it's ... up there.