Britain and the Congo Crisis, 1960–63

✍ Scribed by Alan James (auth.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 235
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Based on interviews and on documentary collections in Britain, Sweden and the US, this book describes and analyses Britain's often-tortured response to the crisis which occurred in Congo immediately following its independence. Principally, it throws much fresh light on British policy. But it also examines the impact of the crisis on Britain's status as a great power; reveals important new material about the UN's conduct of its peacekeeping operation in the Congo; and draws lessons about the conduct of contemporary peacekeeping.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Britain in the Post-War World....Pages 3-11
Belgium and the Congo....Pages 12-16
United Nations’ Peacekeeping: Background and Response....Pages 17-25
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
Calling for Law and Order....Pages 29-39
Sympathising with Belgium....Pages 40-52
Worrying About Communism I: Lumumba....Pages 53-63
Leaving it to Dag....Pages 64-77
Urging Respect for Congolese Sovereignty....Pages 78-91
Complaining about the UN Secretariat I: The Indian....Pages 92-97
Complaining about the UN Secretariat II: The Irishman....Pages 98-111
Worrying about Communism II: Gizenga....Pages 112-119
Equivocating on Force....Pages 120-132
Appeasing the Katanga Lobby....Pages 133-156
Fretting about Afro-Asia....Pages 157-167
Bowing to the United States I: The Build-Up....Pages 168-183
Bowing to the United States II: Dénouement....Pages 184-195
Front Matter....Pages 197-197
Britain’s Response to a Changing World....Pages 199-207
The UN in the Congo: Balance Sheet and Impact....Pages 208-214
Back Matter....Pages 215-219

✦ Subjects

Asian History; African History; International Relations; History of Britain and Ireland; Political Science; Modern History