America, the UN and Decolonisation by John Kent

America, the UN and Decolonisation by John Kent

This book examines the role of the UN in conflict resolution in Africa in the 1960s and its relation to the Cold War.

'Anglophone historians in the last two decades have done little to place the crises that beset the Democratic Republic of Congo between independence in 1960 and 1964 in the contexts of Cold War diplomatic historyThis new book is an important corrective to this negligence. By using US and British diplomatic archives that were closed to researchers in the 1960s, Kent (international relations, London School of Economics) uncovers the extremely complex negotiations between various Congolese actors, US officials, the UN, and the divided Belgian political establishment. [...] An excellent book on African decolonization, the Congo, and 1960s Cold War diplomatic history. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.' -- J. M. Rich, Middle Tennessee State University

John Kent is Reader in International Relations at the London School of Economics.

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ISBN 13	9780415464147
ISBN 10	0415464145
Title	America, the UN and Decolonisation
Author	John Kent
Series	Lse International Studies Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Routledge
Year published	2010-03-19
Number of pages	256
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