Decolonisation and Regional Geopolitics

<p>Decolonisation and Regional Geopolitics argues that as much as the ‘Congo crisis’ (1960-1965) was a Cold War battleground, so too was it a battleground for Southern Africa’s decolonisation. This book provides a transnational history of African decolonisation, apartheid diplomacy, and Southern African nationalist movements. It answers three central questions. First, what was the nature of South African involvement in the Congo crisis? Second, what was the rationale for this involvement? Third, how did South Africans perceive the crisis? </p><p></p><p>Innovatively, the book shifts the focus on the Congo crisis away from Cold War intervention and centres it around African decolonisation and regional geopolitics.</p> <p>List of Figures</p><p></p><p>Acknowledgments</p><p></p><p>List of Abbreviations</p><p></p><p>1960 Map of Southern Africa</p><p></p><p>1960 Map of Congo</p><p></p><p>Section I: Setting the Scene</p><p></p><p>Centring Africa</p><p></p><p>The First Republic, 1960-1965</p><p></p><p>Section II: South African Involvement</p><p></p><p>1960-1963 </p><p></p><p>1963-1964</p><p></p><p>1964-1965</p><p></p><p>Section III: South African Motives and Perceptions</p><p></p><p>Motives</p><p></p><p>Perceptions</p><p></p><p>Section IV: Conclusions</p><p></p><p>An African Battleground</p><p></p><p>Index</p>