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02930aam a2200445 i 4500 001 D6E4882496FD11ED8856CD373CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230118010046 008 210111s2021 ncub b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020056897 020 $a 1469664224 020 $a 9781469664224 020 $a 1469664216 020 $a 9781469664217 035 $a (OCoLC)1232015378 040 $a NcU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d BDX $d UKMGB $d YDX $d OCLCO $d YUS $d GSU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 00 $a DT30.5 $b .M4553 2021 082 00 $a 327.730609045 $2 23 100 1 $a Meriwether, James Hunter, $d 1963- $e author. 245 10 $a Tears, fire, and blood : $b the United States and the decolonization of Africa / $c James H. Meriwether. 264 1 $a Chapel Hill : $b The University of North Carolina Press, $c [2021] 300 $a xii, 301 pages : $b maps ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a No Premature Independence, 1941-1951 -- No Stopping the Torrent, 1952-1960 -- Years of Africa, 1960-1966 -- The White Redoubt, 1965-1974 -- Rapid, Just, and African Solutions, 1974-1980 -- Majority Rule, 1980-1994. 520 $a "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 against fears of potential Communist gains, and ideals of one person/one vote crashed against doubts about weakening western alliances and anticommunist partners. A decolonizing Africa helped propel the black freedom struggle around the world, forcing the U.S. to confront the realities of civil rights abroad as it fought over how to achieve equality at home. Meriwether demonstrates that Washington veered between strengthening African nationalist movements seeking majority rule and independence and bolstering anticommunist European allies seeking to maintain white rule. Ultimately, the U.S. supported European allies and white minority rule, choosing national security interests and racial prejudices over anticolonialism"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Decolonization $z Africa $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $z Africa. 651 0 $a Africa $x Foreign relations $z United States. 650 7 $a Decolonization. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00889115 650 7 $a Diplomatic relations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01907412 651 7 $a Africa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01239509 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9781469664248 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117015659.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D6E4882496FD11ED8856CD373CECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search