Abstract

KENT, John. The UN, the US and the Congo crisis (1960-1963): Decolonisation and Cold War. Relações Internacionais [online]. 2011, n.30, pp.39-59. ISSN 1645-9199.

During the Eisenhower administration American policy towards the European colonies in Black Africa went through a number of tactical options including the maintainance of its anti-colonial traditions. In the Congo the international pressure were accompanied by the development of political opposition to the continuation of Belgian colonial rule which had been established in the process of taking over King Leopold’s Congo’s free state.

Keywords : Congo; decolonization; United Nations; United States.

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