The United States and Decolonization in West Africa, 1950-1960

A history of America's tangled involvement in the transition of British and French West African territories to statehood.

List of contents

Decolonization in West Africa
The Archaeology of Policy
Truman's Dual Mandate
Minimalism as Policy
Ghana: Honeymoon and Estrangement
The Political Economy of the Volta Project
Guinea: The Weight of Residual Interests
Summing Up

About the author

Ebere Nwaubani

Product details

• Authors: Ebere Nwaubani
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.01.2001
• EAN: 9781580460767
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-076-7
• No. of pages: 360
• Weight: 772 g
• Illustrations: 2 line illus.
• Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora; Rochester Studies in African H
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education