The United States and the End of British Colonial Rule in Africa, 1941-1968
James P. Hubbard
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Jefferson : : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, , 2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (422 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; 1. The United States and Colonies, 1941-1945; 2. Churchill, Britain, and Empire, 1941-1945; 3. The Truman Administration, 1945-1952; 4. Great Britain, the United States and Colonial Issues in the United Nations, 1946-1952; 5. Colonial Reform in London, 1946-1952; 6. Colonial Reform in West Africa, 1946-1952; 7. Colonial Reform in East and Central Africa, 1946-1952; 8. Egypt, Britain, the United States and the Sudan, 1946-1954; 9. The Eisenhower Administration and British Africa, 1953-1960. - 10. Colonialism in the United Nations During the Eisenhower Years, 1953-196011. Colonial Policy Under the Conservatives, 1952-1959; 12. Anglo-American Sponsored Development; 13. West Africa and the Sudan, 1953-1960; 14. East Africa, 1953-1959; 15. Central Africa, 1953-1959; 16. British Colonial Policy, 1959-1960; 17. Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 1959-1960; 18. Kennedy, Macmillan, and Africa, 1961-1963; 19. West and East Africa, 1961-1963; 20. Central Africa, 1961-1963; 21. Johnson and British Colonial Africa, 1963-1968; Conclusions; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index. - At the end of World War II, Britain possessed a vast African empire encompassing nearly 2.7 million square miles, about 10 times larger than Britain itself. But by 1965, only three small African territories remained under British control, all of which would become independent before the end of 1968. This book examines the swift demise of Britain's African empire, looking particularly at the role played by the United States in bringing the empire to an end. It reveals how the United States was anti-colonial without being actively pro-independence, concluding that the country's policies and acti
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| ISBN | 9780786459520
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