Britain and the Congo Crisis, 1960-63
Author: Alan James
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 1996-01-01
Total Pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780312158163
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Britain and the Congo Crisis, 1960–63
Author: Alan James
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1996-03-27
Total Pages: 235
ISBN-13: 1349245283
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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. Principally, it throws much fresh light on British policy. But it also examines the impact of the crisis on Britain's status as a great power; reveals important new material about the UN's conduct of its peacekeeping operation in the Congo; and draws lessons about the conduct of contemporary peacekeeping.
The Ends of European Colonial Empires
Author: Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-02-16
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 1137394064
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This volume provides a multidimensional assessment of the diverse ends of the European colonial empires, addressing different geographies, taking into account diverse chronologies of decolonization, and evaluating the specificities of each imperial configuration under appreciation (Portuguese, Belgian, French, British, Dutch).
The United Nations, Intra-State Peacekeeping and Normative Change
Author: Esref Aksu
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780719067488
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The UN and Intra-State Conflict: Problematising the Normative Connection * Rethinking the UN Through Intra-State Peacekeeping: the Analytical Framework * The UN's Role in Historical Context: Impact of Structural Tensions and Thresholds * UN Peacekeeping in Intra-State Conflicts: Evolution of the Normative Basis * The UN in the Congo Conflict: ONUC * The UN On the Cyprus Conflict: UNFICYP * The UN in the Angola Conflict: UNAVEM * The UN in the Cambodia Conflict: UNTAC * Reflections on International Normative Change.
Decolonisation and Regional Geopolitics
Author: Lazlo Passemiers
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-03-11
Total Pages: 231
ISBN-13: 1351138146
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Decolonisation and Regional Geopolitics argues that as much as the ‘Congo crisis’ (1960-1965) was a Cold War battleground, so too was it a battleground for Southern Africa’s decolonisation. This book provides a transnational history of African decolonisation, apartheid diplomacy, and Southern African nationalist movements. It answers three central questions. First, what was the nature of South African involvement in the Congo crisis? Second, what was the rationale for this involvement? Third, how did South Africans perceive the crisis? Innovatively, the book shifts the focus on the Congo crisis away from Cold War intervention and centres it around African decolonisation and regional geopolitics.
Peace Diplomacy, Global Justice and International Agency
Author: Carsten Stahn
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014-04-24
Total Pages: 639
ISBN-13: 1107037204
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This critical review of Hammarskjöld's legacy as Secretary-General explores the contemporary relevance of his international civil service, agency and leadership.
Katanga 1960-63
Author: Christopher Othen
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2015-09-07
Total Pages: 361
ISBN-13: 0750965800
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In King Leopold II's infamous Congo 'Free' State at the turn of the century, severed hands became a form of currency. But some in the Belgian government had no sense of historical shame, as they connived for an independent Katanga state in 1960 to protect Belgian mining interests. What happened next was extraordinary. It was an extremely uneven battle. The UN fielded soldiers from twenty nations, America paid the bills, and the Soviets intrigued behind the scenes. Yet to everyone's surprise the new nation's rag-tag army of local gendarmes, jungle tribesmen and, controversially, European mercenaries, refused to give in. For two and a half years Katanga, the scrawniest underdog ever to fight a war, held off the world with guerrilla warfare, two-faced diplomacy and some shady financial backing. It even looked as if the Katangese might win. Katanga 1960–63 tells, for the first time, the full story of the Congolese province that declared independence and found itself at war with the world.
Foreign Intervention in Africa
Author: Elizabeth Schmidt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-03-25
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 0521882389
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book chronicles foreign political and military interventions in Africa from 1956 to 2010, helping readers understand the historical roots of Africa's problems.
International Diplomacy and Colonial Retreat
Author: Kent Fedorowich
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-10-23
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 1135268738
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The problems investigated in this collection had lasting consequences not only in the field of colonialism but in international politics as well. Decolonization and the Cold War, which brought about the most significant changes to global policits after 1945, are treated together.
Belgium and the Congo, 1885-1980
Author: Guy Vanthemsche
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012-04-30
Total Pages: 301
ISBN-13: 0521194210
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book explains how and why Belgium, a small but influential European country, was changed through its colonial activities in the Congo, from the first expeditions in 1880 to the Mobutu regime in the 1980s. Belgian politics, diplomacy, economic activity and culture were influenced by the imperial experience. Belgium and the Congo, 1885-1980 yields a better understanding of the Congo's past and present.
