The Diplomacy of Decolonisation: America, Britain and the United Nations During the Congo Crisis, 1960-1964

✍ Scribed by Alanna O'Malley

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 224
• Series: Key Studies in Diplomacy
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The book reinterprets the role of the UN during the Congo crisis from 1960 to 1964, presenting a multidimensional view of the organisation. Through an examination of the Anglo-American relationship, the book reveals how the UN helped position this event as a lightning rod in debates about how decolonisation interacted with the Cold War. By examining the ways in which the various dimensions of the UN came into play in Anglo-American considerations of how to handle the Congo crisis, the book reveals how the Congo debate reverberated in wider ideological struggles about how decolonisation evolved and what the role of the UN would be in managing this process. The UN became a central battle ground for ideas and visions of world order; as the newly-independent African and Asian states sought to redress the inequalities created by colonialism, the US and UK sought to maintain the status quo, while the Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld tried to reconcile these two contrasting views.

✦ Table of Contents

Front matter
Cover
Half title
Series information
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgements
Names
Abbreviations
Introduction
A challenge for humanity
The Dag factor
Fighting over Katanga
‘After Dag – what?’
‘A nice little stew’
The Stanleyville hostages and the withdrawal of the UN, 1964
Conclusion
Index