Politics in Congo: Decolonization and Independence by Crawford Young

Politics in Congo: Decolonization and Independence



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Politics in Congo: Decolonization and Independence Crawford Young ebook
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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ISBN: 9780691623269
Page: 672


Politics in the Congo; decolonization and independence. Cramer Winter 2013 US Intervention in the Congo (1960-1964) TIMELINE 1959 -January Politics in the Congo, Decolonization and Independence. And Decolonization in the Congo is both a book about women and one that seeks to employ a gender of political independence from Belgium. 1960 is known as the "African Year": 17 colonies gained their independence. But most of the countries became politically independent after World War II. Independence, while under Cold war limitations, Congolese military culture remained the same, however elitist attitudes on political transition, indicating that a better explanation of peace building can Decolonization and Independence. Printer-friendly version · PDF version. The decolonization of Africa followed World War II, when colonized peoples agitated for independence and powers divided Africa and its resources into political partitions at the Berlin Conference of 1884-85. Many African colonies did not totally gain independence after the war. Young became an Assistant Professor at Wisconsin in 1963, and published his first major work, Politics in the Congo: Decolonization and Independence.