International Diplomacy and Colonial Retreat

by Fedorowich,Kent

• ISBN13: 9780714650630
• ISBN10: 0714650633
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781135268732
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-10-30
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

The problems investigated in this collection had lasting consequences not only in the field of colonialism but in international politics as well. Decolonization and the Cold War, which brought about the most significant changes to global politics after 1945, are treated together. Using a comparative focus, this collection examines aspects of colonial break-down within the British, French, Dutch and Portugese empires after 1945, thus contrasting the political, social and military problems confronting the European imperial powers after World War II. Bringing together a number of British and overseas scholars, the collection is not confined to the realm of high politics and diplomacy. Certain essays explore the interplay between domestic and foreign policy, global strategy and economics, the role of the United Nations and the non-aligned movement, and the reaction of colonial nationalists to the process of imperial withdrawal.

Table of Contents

List of Maps	p. vi
Introduction	p. 1
Diplomacy and Decolonization	p. 5
Decolonization Deferred? The Re-establishment of Colonial Rule in Hong Kong, 1942-45	p. 25
Britain, the United States, and the End of the Italian Empire in Africa, 1940-52	p. 51
Divisive Decolonization: The Anglo-French Withdrawal from Syria and Lebanon, 1944-46	p. 71
Division and Discord: British Policy, Indochina, and the Origins of the Vietnam War, 1954-56	p. 94
Britain and the Cyprus Problem at the United Nations, 1954-58	p. 113
Britain, the United States, and the Demise of the Central African Federation, 1959-63	p. 131
Britain, the Cold War, and the Congo Crisis, 1960-63	p. 152
Britain and Portuguese Africa, 1961-65	p. 169
Revolution and Reaction: South Arabia in the Aftermath of the Yemeni Revolution	p. 193
Britain, Konfrontasi, and the End of Empire in Southeast Asia, 1961-65	p. 209
Decolonization by Default: Suriname and the Dutch Retreat from Empire	p. 228
Notes on Contributors	p. 251
Index	p. 253
List of Maps
Lebanon Including the Four Cazas	p. 74
The Congo and its Neighbours, 1960	p. 153
Saudi Arabia and Yemen	p. 195
Suriname	p. 230
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