Decolonisation and regional geopolitics : South Africa and the "Congo crisis", 1960-1965 / Lazlo Passemiers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Passemiers, Lazlo, author.

Series:

Routledge global 1960s and 1970s ; 4.

The Routledge global 1960s and 1970s ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National liberation movements--South Africa.

National liberation movements.

Democratic Republic of the Congo--History--Civil War, 1960-1965--Participation, South African.

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Democratic Republic of the Congo--History--Civil War, 1960-1965--Foreign public opinion, South African.

South Africa--Foreign relations--1948-1961.

South Africa.

South Africa--Foreign relations--1961-1978.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

Decolonisation and Regional Geopolitics argues that as much as the 'Congo crisis' (1960-1965) was a Cold War battleground, so too was it a battleground for Southern Africa's decolonisation. This book provides a transnational history of African decolonisation, apartheid diplomacy, and Southern African nationalist movements. It answers three central questions. First, what was the nature of South African involvement in the Congo crisis? Second, what was the rationale for this involvement? Third, how did South Africans perceive the crisis? Innovatively, the book shifts the focus on the Congo crisis away from Cold War intervention and centres it around African decolonisation and regional geopolitics.

Contents:

Setting the scene

Centring Africa

The First Republic, 1960-1965

South African involvement

1960-1963

1963-1964

1964-1965

South African motives and perceptions

Motives

Perceptions

Conclusions

An African battleground.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-351-13814-6

1-351-13815-4

1-351-13816-2

9781351138161

OCLC:

1089931490