Betting on the Africans : John F. Kennedy's courting of African nationalist leaders / Philip E. Muehlenbeck.
Muehlenbeck, Philip E. (Philip Emil)
2012
DT38.7 .M84 2012 (Mapit)
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Title Betting on the Africans : John F. Kennedy's courting of African nationalist leaders / Philip E. Muehlenbeck.
Author Muehlenbeck, Philip E. (Philip Emil)
ISBN 9780195396096 (alk. paper)
019539609X (alk. paper)
Imprint Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
Language English
Description xxiii, 333 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Call Number DT38.7 .M84 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification 327.7306709/046
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-316) and index.
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Introduction: JFK and the "Greatest revolution in human history"
"More royalist than the queen": Eisenhower/Dulles policy toward Africa
JFK's early support of African nationalism
Kennedy, Sékou Touré, and the success of personal diplomacy
Kennedy, Kwame Nkrumah, and the Volta River project decision
Kennedy, Julius Nyerere, and self determination in southern Africa
Kennedy, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Ben Bella, and North African Arab nationalism
Kennedy, Felix Houphouët-Boigny, William Tubman, and conservative African nationalism
The Kennedy-De Gaulle rivalry in Africa
The view from Pretoria
Cold War civil rights and Kennedy's courting of African nationalists
Contested skies: U.S.-U.S.S.R. competition for African civil aviation markets and the Cuban Missile Crisis
Conclusion: the Kennedy legacy in Africa.

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