This book offers a forthright and discerning evaluation of American foreign policy and its impact on the political system of an important Third World country.
The paper reverts to international relations theories that adequately explain what happened between 1960 and 1964.This essay critically examines why UN intervention in the Congo failed to achieve the intended peace that constituted the ...
'Battleground Africa' traces the Congo Crisis from post-World War II decolonisation efforts through Mobutu's second coup in 1965 from a radically new vantage point.
Based on interviews and on documentary collections in Britain, Sweden and the US, this book describes and analyses Britain's often-tortured response to the crisis which occurred in Congo immediately following its independence.
All these details, events of the crisis, and the role of the Non-Aligned nations towards its diffusion are discussed in this book.
A fascinating account of a huge Central African country, almost completely unprepared for liberation from colonial rule in 1960 and plunged into the anarchy of factional struggles for central power, against a background of regional ...
In this absorbing volume Villafana details the contribution made by Cuban exiles to the preservation of democracy in Congo.
Britain and the Congo Crisis, 1960-63
Scientific Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - Region: Africa, grade: A, University of Miami (Department of International Studies), course: American Imperialism, language: English, abstract: An assessment of the role played ...
Author's personal experiences as the special representative of Dag Hammarskjold, 1905-1961, Secretary General of the United Nations, in the Congo, 1960-1961.