Author: Howard M. Epstein
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Revolt in the Congo, 1960-65
Author: Howard M. Epstein
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Battleground Africa
Author: Lise A. Namikas
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780804784863
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780804784863
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Revolt in the Congo, 1960-1964
Author: Howard M. Epstein
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Congo (Democratic Republic)
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Congo (Democratic Republic)
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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Congo Unravelled
Author: Andrew Hudson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781912866861
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Post-independence events in the Republic of the Congo are a veritable Gordian knot. The ambitions of Congolese political leaders, Cold War rivalry, Pan- Africanism, Belgium's continued economic interests in the country's mineral wealth, and the strategic perceptions of other southern African states all conspired to wrack Africa's second largest country with uprisings, rebellions and military interventions for almost a decade.Congo Unravelled solves the intractable complexity of this violent period by dispassionately outlining the sequence of political and military events that took place in the troubled country. The reader is systematically taken through the first military attempts to stabilize the country after independence and the two distinguishing military campaigns of the decade - the United Nations military operations (Opération des Nations Unies au Congo, or ONUC) to end the secession of the Katanga Province, and the Dragon Operations led by Belgian paratroopers, supported by the US Air Force, launched to end the insurgency in the east of the country - are chronicled in detail. Finally, the mercenary revolt - an event that tainted the reputation of the modern mercenary in Africa - is described.Lesser known military events - Irish UN forces cut off from the outside world by Katangese gendarmes and mercenaries, and a combined military operation in which Belgian paratroopers were dropped from US Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft and supported by a mercenary ground force to achieve humanitarian ends - go far toward resolving the enigma surrounding post-independence Congo.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781912866861
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Post-independence events in the Republic of the Congo are a veritable Gordian knot. The ambitions of Congolese political leaders, Cold War rivalry, Pan- Africanism, Belgium's continued economic interests in the country's mineral wealth, and the strategic perceptions of other southern African states all conspired to wrack Africa's second largest country with uprisings, rebellions and military interventions for almost a decade.Congo Unravelled solves the intractable complexity of this violent period by dispassionately outlining the sequence of political and military events that took place in the troubled country. The reader is systematically taken through the first military attempts to stabilize the country after independence and the two distinguishing military campaigns of the decade - the United Nations military operations (Opération des Nations Unies au Congo, or ONUC) to end the secession of the Katanga Province, and the Dragon Operations led by Belgian paratroopers, supported by the US Air Force, launched to end the insurgency in the east of the country - are chronicled in detail. Finally, the mercenary revolt - an event that tainted the reputation of the modern mercenary in Africa - is described.Lesser known military events - Irish UN forces cut off from the outside world by Katangese gendarmes and mercenaries, and a combined military operation in which Belgian paratroopers were dropped from US Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft and supported by a mercenary ground force to achieve humanitarian ends - go far toward resolving the enigma surrounding post-independence Congo.
Battleground Africa
Author: Lise Namikas
Publisher: Cold War International History
ISBN: 9780804796804
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Winner of the 2013 Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Title Battleground Africa traces the Congo Crisis from post-World War II decolonization efforts through Mobutu's second coup in 1965 from a radically new vantage point. Drawing on recently opened archives in Russia and the United States, and to a lesser extent Germany and Belgium, Lisa Namikas addresses the crisis from the perspectives of the two superpowers and explains with superb clarity the complex web of allies, clients, and neutral states influencing U.S.-Soviet competition. Unlike any other work, Battleground Africa looks at events leading up to independence, then considers the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the series of U.N.-supported constitutional negotiations, and the crises of 1964 and 1965. Finding that the U.S. and the USSR each wanted to avoid a major confrontation, but also misunderstood its opponent's goals and wanted to avoid looking weak or losing its political standing in Africa, Namikas argues that a series of exaggerations and misjudgements helped to militarize the crisis, and ultimately, helped militarize the Cold War on the continent.
Publisher: Cold War International History
ISBN: 9780804796804
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Winner of the 2013 Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Title Battleground Africa traces the Congo Crisis from post-World War II decolonization efforts through Mobutu's second coup in 1965 from a radically new vantage point. Drawing on recently opened archives in Russia and the United States, and to a lesser extent Germany and Belgium, Lisa Namikas addresses the crisis from the perspectives of the two superpowers and explains with superb clarity the complex web of allies, clients, and neutral states influencing U.S.-Soviet competition. Unlike any other work, Battleground Africa looks at events leading up to independence, then considers the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the series of U.N.-supported constitutional negotiations, and the crises of 1964 and 1965. Finding that the U.S. and the USSR each wanted to avoid a major confrontation, but also misunderstood its opponent's goals and wanted to avoid looking weak or losing its political standing in Africa, Namikas argues that a series of exaggerations and misjudgements helped to militarize the crisis, and ultimately, helped militarize the Cold War on the continent.
Revolt in the Congo, 1960-1964
Author: Howard M. Epstein
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780871961594
Category : Congo (Democratic Republic)
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780871961594
Category : Congo (Democratic Republic)
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Ripe for Rebellion
Author: Stephen Rookes
Publisher: Africa@War
ISBN: 9781913336233
Category : Congo (Democratic Republic)
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
This is the first of two volumes examining the so-called 'Congo Crisis' of the 1960s on the basis of documentation from the CIA's archives. It throws entirely new light upon developments in a country which many US citizens of the time believed would become the next major battlefield.
Publisher: Africa@War
ISBN: 9781913336233
Category : Congo (Democratic Republic)
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
This is the first of two volumes examining the so-called 'Congo Crisis' of the 1960s on the basis of documentation from the CIA's archives. It throws entirely new light upon developments in a country which many US citizens of the time believed would become the next major battlefield.
Civil Wars in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 1960-2010
Author: Emizet F. Kisangani
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781588268273
Category : Civil war
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Looking closely at five decades of civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kisangani finds ample evidence to challenge popular paradigms on the nature of civil war.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781588268273
Category : Civil war
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Looking closely at five decades of civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kisangani finds ample evidence to challenge popular paradigms on the nature of civil war.
Revolt in the Congo, 1960-64
Author: Howard M. Epstein
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780598138965
Category : Zaire
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780598138965
Category : Zaire
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
The African States and the Congo Affair, 1960-1965
Author: F. Seth Singleton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description