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Author:

Muehlenbeck, Philip E. (Philip Emil)

Title:

Betting on the Africans : John F. Kennedy's courting of African nationalist leaders / Philip E. Muehlenbeck.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xxiii, 333 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Africa--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--Africa.
Kennedy, John F.--(John Fitzgerald),--1917-1963,
Nationalism--Africa--History--20th century.
Africa--Autonomy and independence movements.--Autonomy and independence movements.
Economic assistance, American--Africa--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-316) and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

019539609X (alk. paper)
9780195396096 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)720260219

LCCN:

2011017689

Locations:

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