Decolonisation and Regional Geopolitics South Africa and the Congo Crisis, 1960-1965

Sommario

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

1960 Map of Southern Africa

1960 Map of Congo

Section I: Setting the Scene

Centring Africa

The First Republic, 1960-1965

Section II: South African Involvement

1960-1963

1963-1964

1964-1965

Section III: South African Motives and Perceptions

Motives

Perceptions

Section IV: Conclusions

An African Battleground

Index

Info autore

Lazlo Passemiers is a postdoctoral research fellow at the International Studies Group, University of the Free State, South Africa. He specialises in transnational histories of decolonisation in twentieth-century Southern Africa.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Lazlo Passemiers, Lazlo (University of the Free State Passemiers
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 30.09.2020
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni
• EAN: 9780367660581
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66058-1
• Numero di pagine: 238
• Serie: The Routledge Global 1960s and 1970s Series
• Categorie: HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Military / General, 20th Century, HISTORY / Africa / General, Geopolitics, Africa, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa, HISTORY / Africa / Central, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Republic of South Africa, c 1960 to c 1970, Diplomacy, African History, c 1960 to c 1969, The Cold War, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Democratic Republic of Congo, Cold War Africa, regional security studies, South African intervention Congo crisis, apartheid foreign policy, transnational history Africa, postcolonial statecraft, African nationalist movements