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Betting on the Africans : John F. Kennedy's courting of African nationalist leaders /

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This title is a study of John F. Kennedy's strategy for improving US-African relations through the use of personal diplomacy to court African nationalist leaders and the ramifications that policy had for US relations with its more traditional allies.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Muehlenbeck, Philip E. (Philip Emil)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Kennedy, John F. > (John Fitzgerald), > 1917-1963.
Kennedy, John F. > (John Fitzgerald), > 1917-1963
Africa > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Africa.
Nationalism > Africa > History > 20th century.
Africa > History.
Economic assistance, American > Africa > History > 20th century.
Afrique > Relations extérieures > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > Afrique.
Nationalisme > Afrique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Afrique > Histoire.
Aide économique américaine > Afrique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Diplomatic relations
Economic assistance, American
Nationalism
Africa
United States
History & Archaeology.
Regions & Countries - Africa.
1900-1999
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.