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Tears, fire, and blood : the United States and the decolonization of Africa /

"In Tears, Fire, and Blood, James Meriwether offers a sweeping history of how the United States responded to decolonization in Africa. The new political terrain of the twentieth century drew out national and ideological dilemmas in the U.S.: democratic principles of self-determination ran up ag...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Meriwether, James Hunter, 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2021]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. No Premature Independence, 1941-1951
  • 2. No Stopping the Torrent, 1952-1960
  • 3. Years of Africa, 1960-1966
  • 4. The White Redoubt, 1965-1974
  • 5. Rapid, Just, and African Solutions, 1974-1980
  • 6. Majority Rule, 1980-1994
  • Epilogue.