American Foreign Policy in the Congo 1960-1964 / Stephen R. Weissman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weissman, Stephen R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Hist & Diaspora.

International Studies.

United States--Foreign relations--Democratic Republic of the Congo.

United States.

Democratic Republic of the Congo--Foreign relations--United States.

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Democratic Republic of the Congo--Foreign relations--1960-1997.

Local Subjects:

African Hist & Diaspora.

International Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book offers a forthright and discerning evaluation of American foreign policy and its impact on the political system of an important Third World country.After assessing the situation in the Congo when independence was achieved in 1960, Mr. Weissman compares the policies of the Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson administrations. He throws new light on such questions as the role of the United States in the overthrow of Patrice Lumumba, the UN action in Katanga, and the repression of the 1964 rebellions. Weighing various influences—economic, administrative, congressional, international—on U.S. policy, he concludes that the major factor was ideological. American actions, he maintains, were based on certain mistaken assumptions that were held in common by key American decision-makers whose backgrounds and training blinded them to the realities of Congolese life.Based on extensive research, including interviews with nearly all important figures who contributed to the making of American policy, this book effectively challenges some fashionable interpretations of the causes and results of American intervention in the Third World.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction: The Setting

PART I. THE ANTI-COMMUNISM OF MODERATE REPUBLICANS

I. Predispositions and First Moves

II. Collision with Lumumba

III. New Difficulties

PART II. THE ANTI-COMMUNISM OF LIBERAL DEMOCRATS

IV. The Kennedy Reappraisal

V.The Battle against Katanga

VI.Liberalism: The View from Leopoldville

VII. From Kennedy to Johnson

PART III. EVALUATION

VIII. A Critique of the Basic Assumptions of American Congo Policy

IX.Explanations and Conclusions

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781501743832

150174383X

OCLC:

1121055564