The United States and decolonization:power and freedom
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Macmillan Press St. Martin's Press,
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Publisher Address: | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, N.Y. |
Publication Dates: | 2000. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xvii, 247 p.: ; 22 cm. |
ISBN: |
031223158X (cloth) 0333730550 (cloth) |
Index Number: | D066 |
CLC: |
D066 D871.29 |
Call Number: | D066/U581 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-238) and index. By way of introduction : The United States, decolonization and the world system / David Ryan -- The American view of decolonization, 1776-1920 : an ironic legacy / Walter LaFeber -- The road to our America : the United States in Latin America and the Caribbean / Laurie Johnston -- 'Adjusting to a new period in world history' : Franklin Roosevelt and European colonialism / Paul Orders -- The United States and the international trusteeship system / Victor Pungong -- The ironies of history : the United States and the decolonization of India / Dennis Merrill -- How we 'lost' Vietnam, 1940-54 / Lloyd C. Gardner -- The limits of ideology : US foreign policy and Arab nationalism in the early Cold War / Scott Lucas -- The United States and the decolonization of Black Africa, 1945-63 / John Kent -- The United States and Britain's decolonization of Malaya, 1942-57 / A.J. Stockwell -- Conclusions : The decolonization puzzle in US policy : promise versus performance / Michael H. Hunt -- Afterword / Cary Fraser. |