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Author:

Namikas, Lise A.

Title:

Battleground Africa : Cold War in the Congo, 1961-1965 / Lise Namikas.

Publisher:

Woodrow Wilson Center Press ;

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

xiv, 350 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Congo (Democratic Republic)--History--Civil War, 1960-1965.
Cold War--Political aspects--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
Soviet Union--Foreign relations--Congo (Democratic Republic)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Which way Africa? -- A Cold War nationalism -- Collision course : the superpowers in the Congo -- A "stopgap arrangement" : ONUC -- A "Castro or worse" : Lumumba in charge -- Coups d'etat and troikas -- Murder and malice -- A "Cold War" civil war -- No silver bullets -- Force and reconciliation -- Johnson's distraction -- "Carrying the burden" in the Congo -- Reaction and mop-up -- Conclusion: The Congo in global perspective.

ISBN:

0804784868
9780804784863

OCLC:

(OCoLC)810329331

LCCN:

2012036962

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)