04807oam 22006494a 450 991047894420332120211004152543.01-5261-1628-61-5261-1627-8(CKB)4340000000261680(MiAaPQ)EBC5326183(OCoLC)1022621234(MdBmJHUP)musev2_78463(EXLCZ)99434000000026168020180414h20182018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe diplomacy of decolonisationAmerica, Britain and the United Nations during the Congo crisis 1960-1964 /Alanna O'MalleyManchester, [England] :Manchester University Press,2018.©20181 online resource (208 pages) illustrations, mapKey Studies in DiplomacyIncludes index.1-5261-1662-6 1-5261-1626-X Introduction -- 1. A challenge for humanity -- 2. The Dag factor -- 3. Fighting over Katanga -- 4. 'After Dag -- what?' -- 5. 'A nice little stew' -- 6. The Stanleyville hostages and the withdrawal of the UN, 1964 -- Conclusion -- Index.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.'This book views the Congo crisis as a moment which changed the way America, Britain and the UN approached the process of decolonisation as it exploded tensions in North-South relations. Drawing on a wide range of archival sources from Accra, Brussels, Delhi, London, New York and Washington D.C., the book argues that the Congo crisis was not just another episode of the Cold War but a conflict of multiple dimensions which, as it evolved, demonstrated the potential and the limitations of UN agency and Afro-Asian solidarity. It highlights the role of African and Asian actors in shaping UN Congo policy by utilising their authority in the UN and traces their efforts to position the crisis as a lightning rod in the broader interaction of the process of decolonisation with the Cold War. Attempts to direct the UN mission led to the creation of permanent mechanisms through which the Afro-Asian bloc used the Congo as a paradigm to determine the course and the pace of decolonisation. For the first time, the crisis should be considered as a moment which consolidated the impact of decolonisation as not just a process that transformed the world of empires into nation-states, but one which elucidated a wider Third World critique of imperial internationalism. This book will be of interest to students and enthusiasts of the UN, the Cold War and the history of decolonisation' --Back cover.Key studies in diplomacy.Politics and governmentfast(OCoLC)fst01919741Diplomatic relationsfast(OCoLC)fst01907412Decolonizationfast(OCoLC)fst00889115DecolonizationCongo (Democratic Republic)History20th centuryUnited StatesfastGreat BritainfastCongo (Democratic Republic)fastUnited StatesForeign relationsGreat BritainGreat BritainForeign relationsUnited StatesCongo (Democratic Republic)HistoryCivil War, 1960-1965Congo (Democratic Republic)Politics and government1960-1997History.Electronic books. Politics and government.Diplomatic relations.Decolonization.DecolonizationHistory341.23O'Malley Alanna1054338MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910478944203321The diplomacy of decolonisation2486834UNINA