The slow collapse of the European colonial empires after 1945 provides one of the great turning points of twentieth century history. With the loss of India however, the British under Harold Macmillan attempted to enforce a 'second' colonial occupation - supporting the efforts of Sir Andrew...

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Main Author:	Cohen, Andrew (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York I.B. Tauris 2017
Series:	International library of African studies 33
Subjects:	Geschichte 1953-1962 Entkolonialisierung Malawi Sambia Simbabwe
Online Access:	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:	The slow collapse of the European colonial empires after 1945 provides one of the great turning points of twentieth century history. With the loss of India however, the British under Harold Macmillan attempted to enforce a 'second' colonial occupation - supporting the efforts of Sir Andrew Cohen of the Colonial Office to create a Central African Federation. Drawing on newly released archival material, The Politics and Economics of Decolonization offers a fresh examination of Britain's central African territories in the late colonial period and provides a detailed assessment of how events in Britain, Africa and the UN shaped the process of decolonization. The author situates the Central African Federation - which consisted of modern day Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi - in its wider international context, shedding light on the Federation's complex relationships with South Africa, with US Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy and with the expanding United Nations. The result is an important history of the last days of the British Empire and the beginnings of a more independent African continent
Physical Description:	VIII, 300 Seiten 1 Karte 23 cm
ISBN:	1848858825 9781848858824