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The Regime Change of Kwame Nkrumah : Epic Heroism in Africa and the Diaspora / by A. Rahman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rahman, Ahmad, 1920-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Africa--History.
- Africa.
- Africa--Politics and government.
- Asia--History.
- Asia.
- Political science.
- African History.
- African Politics.
- Asian History.
- Political Science.
- Local Subjects:
- African History.
- African Politics.
- Asian History.
- Political Science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (267 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2007.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book tells the story of Kwame Nkrumah, the first post-colonial president of an independent African country. The book utilizes previously unpublished and recently declassified IS State Department documents to give an analysis and a chronology of Nkrumah's fall. The book is written for a general audience and for academic historians and students.
- Contents:
- Cover; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Call and Preparation of the Hero; 2 The Early Stages of the Hero's Quest; 3 Africa's Future in England; 4 The Hero Returns; 5 Resistance and Betrayal; 6 The Watson Commission and the Coussey Committee; 7 Independence: The End of the Beginning and the Beginning of the End; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611363468
- 9781281363466
- 1281363464
- 9780230603486
- 0230603483
- OCLC:
- 314776092
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