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JFK : ordeal in Africa

History of John F. Kennedy's foreign policy in Africa, which was heavily influenced by the need to contain the Soviet Union during the Cold War
Print Book, English, 1983
Oxford University Press, New York, 1983
338 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
9780195033410, 0195033418
9154233
Introduction, Nationalism and the Cold War
Education of John F. Kennedy
Eisenhower's legacy
Lumumba's house
Engagement in Katanga
A little sense of pride
Quite a few chips on a very dark house
Kennedy against Salazar
Angola or the Azores?
Summer and autumn 1963
Conclusion