America, the UN, and decolonisation
Subtitle: Cold War conflict in the Congo
By: John Kent.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415464147
Subjects: Adoula, Cyrille, -- 1921-1978; United Nations -- History -- 20th century; Decolonization -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 20th century; Nation-building -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 20th century; Cold War; Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Politics and government -- 1960-1997; Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
Notes: "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: The independence disaster, 1958-Sept. 1960; title: The dismissal and murder of Lumumba and the establishment of the Adoula government, September 1960-August 1961; title: The Adoula government and Kitona : the conflict and dilemmas created by US and UN policy August-December 1961; title: Too little too late, January-July 1962; title: The last Adoula government of a divided Congo, July-December 1962; title: The end of secession and the beginning of the end for the Congo, December 1962-January 1963; title: Unified nation building and no unity to build on, January-October 1963; title: The emerging chaos and the forces of disintegration bring Tshombe's return, October 1963-July 1964.