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Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-331) and index. x, 341 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Focussing on the Congo, this book shows how the preservation of the existing economic and social order in the Congo was a key element in the decolonisation process and the fighting of the Cold War. It links the international aspects of British, Belgian, Angolan and Central African Federation involvement with the roles of the US and UN in order to understand how supplies to and profits from the Congo ...

Met samenvatting in het Engels en Nederlands.

" ... the bilingual colloquium took place in Paris from 6-8 May 1976 ... [and] ... was given the title "Independence and dependence" ..."--Introduction. XVIII, 369 p. : illustrations ; 23 cm.

This is a study of Britain's gradual abandonment of her global and imperial role, relating formal decolonisation and the wider evolution of the Commonwealth to changes in international relations and in Britain's domestic affairs. On cover: "Foundations of Britain." xv, 249 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

"Why are certain responses to past human rights violations considered instances of transitional justice while others are disregarded? This study interrogates the history of the discourse and practice of the field to answer that question. Zunino argues that a number of characteristics inherited as transitional justice emerged as a discourse in the 1980s and 1990s have shaped which practices of the present ...

India's struggle for independence was arguably the most momentous of the twentieth century, and central to it was the generation of powerful nationalist forces. In a series of detailed studies Anthony Low shows how the ambiguity of the British position conditioned the distinctive character of this struggle: how the British determination to hold fast their Indian empire (unlike the Americans in the ...

1) Introduction: socialists and skinheads : Abidjan, 2003 : Côte d'Ivoire and the politics of identity ; A chronology of the crisis ; Plan of the book. - 2) Pillage and principle: making distinctions in a frontier zone : Thirdness ; Ecology and economy ; Personhood ; Warfare ; Conclusion. - 3) The politics of ressentiment : Strangers and hosts along the upper Guinea coast ; The rights of the autochthonous ...

For a long time, the war in Indonesia and the extreme violence used by the Dutch troops were not a subject that was much discussed or written about in the Netherlands. After the end of the war, the government made great efforts to avoid discussions about it or even to nip them in the bud. The revelations by East Indies veteran Joop Hueting in 1969 initially led to great commotion, resulting in the ...