1. LA POLITIQUE ÉTRANGÈRE DE LA FRANCE FACE À LA CRISE CONGOLAISE (1960-1961).
- Author
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Genin, Vincent
- Subjects
CONGO (Democratic Republic) Civil War, 1960-1965 ,CONGO (Democratic Republic) politics & government, 1960-1997 ,FRENCH foreign relations ,COLD War, 1945-1991 ,AFRICAN history, 1960- ,DIPLOMATIC history ,HISTORIOGRAPHY ,20TH century French history - Abstract
The article discusses French foreign policy in regards to the Congo Crisis, as the events in Congo immediately after its independence from Belgium are conventionally known. The author addresses both the actual history and the related historiography of the period. The political background of the Cold War is used as a context of the conflicts involved in the crisis. The author presents French policy in dealing with the Congo Crisis as part of an overall French government policy of avoiding affiliation with either side of the Cold War.
- Published
- 2013