{"product_id":"battleground-africa-cold-war-in-the-congo-1960-1965-paperback","title":"Battleground Africa: Cold War in the Congo, 1960-1965 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLise Namikas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2013 \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e Award for Outstanding Academic Title\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBattleground Africa\u003c\/i\u003e traces the Congo Crisis from post-World War II decolonization efforts through Mobutu's second coup in 1965 from a radically new vantage point. Drawing on recently opened archives in Russia and the United States, and to a lesser extent Germany and Belgium, Lisa Namikas addresses the crisis from the perspectives of the two superpowers and explains with superb clarity the complex web of allies, clients, and neutral states influencing U.S.-Soviet competition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnlike any other work, \u003ci\u003eBattleground Africa\u003c\/i\u003e looks at events leading up to independence, then considers the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the series of U.N.-supported constitutional negotiations, and the crises of 1964 and 1965. Finding that the U.S. and the USSR each wanted to avoid a major confrontation, but also misunderstood its opponent's goals and wanted to avoid looking weak or losing its political standing in Africa, Namikas argues that a series of exaggerations and misjudgements helped to militarize the crisis, and ultimately, helped militarize the Cold War on the continent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLise Namikas is an adjunct instructor at Louisiana State University and helped to organize the Wilson Center's Congo Crisis Oral History Conference in 2004.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 16, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51782314590496,"sku":"9780804796804","price":64.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b9b9ce9fec4eeb25e58037fa0d7beead.webp?v=1780567831","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/battleground-africa-cold-war-in-the-congo-1960-1965-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}