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Battleground Africa : Cold War in the Congo, 1960-1965
- Title
- Battleground Africa : Cold War in the Congo, 1960-1965 / Lise Namikas.
- Author
- Namikas, Lise A.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, c2013.
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 350 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Cold War International History Project series
- Uniform Title
- Cold War International History Project series.
- Subjects
- Congo (Democratic Republic) > Foreign relations > United States
- Cold War > Political aspects > Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Congo (Democratic Republic) > History > Civil War, 1960-1965
- Soviet Union > Foreign relations > Congo (Democratic Republic)
- United States > Foreign relations > Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Congo (Democratic Republic) > Foreign relations > Soviet Union
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-338) and index.
- Contents
- Which way Africa? -- A Cold War nationalism -- Collision course : the superpowers in the Congo -- A "stopgap arrangement" : ONUC -- A "Castro or worse" : Lumumba in charge -- Coups d'etat and troikas -- Murder and malice -- A "Cold War" civil war -- No silver bullets -- Force and reconciliation -- Johnson's distraction -- "Carrying the burden" in the Congo -- Reaction and mop-up -- Conclusion: The Congo in global perspective.
- Call Number
- Sc E 14-447
- ISBN
- 9780804784863
- 0804784868
- LCCN
- 2012036962
- 40022033854
- OCLC
- 810329331
- Author
- Namikas, Lise A.
- Title
- Battleground Africa : Cold War in the Congo, 1960-1965 / Lise Namikas.
- Imprint
- Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, c2013.
- Series
- Cold War International History Project seriesCold War International History Project series.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-338) and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40022033854
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 14-447