Betting on the Africans : John F. Kennedy's courting of African nationalist leaders
Muehlenbeck, Philip EAuthor
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2012.
This title is a study of John F. Kennedy's strategy for improving US-African relations through the use of personal diplomacy to court African nationalist leaders and the ramifications that policy had for US relations with its more traditional allies.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
This title is a study of John F. Kennedy's strategy for improving US-African relations through the use of personal diplomacy to court African nationalist leaders and the ramifications that policy had for US relations with its more traditional allies.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Mar. 5, 2012).
Introduction: JFK and the "Greatest revolution in human history" -- "More royalist than the queen": Eisenhower/Dulles policy toward Africa -- JFK's early support of African nationalism -- Kennedy, Sékou Touré, and the success of personal diplomacy -- Kennedy, Kwame Nkrumah, and the Volta River project decision -- Kennedy, Julius Nyerere, and self determination in southern Africa -- Kennedy, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Ben Bella, and North African Arab nationalism -- Kennedy, Felix Houphouët-Boigny, William Tubman, and conservative African nationalism -- The Kennedy-De Gaulle rivalry in Africa -- The view from Pretoria -- Cold War civil rights and Kennedy's courting of African nationalists -- Contested skies: U.S.-U.S.S.R. competition for African civil aviation markets and the Cuban Missile Crisis -- Conclusion: the Kennedy legacy in Africa.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
Nationalism
Economic assistance, American
History & Archaeology
Regions & Countries - Africa