BETWEEN COLONIAL RHETORIC AND COLD WAR FEARS – THE U.S. FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD THE CONGO IN THE 1960S

• Authors: Różalska Monika
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

During the Cold War the United States of America carried on their anticommunism policy in many world regions – including Africa. Ignorance of the African realities, the reluctance of understanding the internal policy problems of Congo was the cause of many mistakes and failures of the American administration. The aim of the article is to show the US policy towards the Congo at a difficult time of 1960s.

PL

W okresie zimnej wojny Stany Zjednoczone Ameryki Północnej prowadziły swoją antykomunistyczną politykę w wielu rejonach globu – m.in. w Afryce. Nieznajomość realiów tego bardzo zróżnicowanego kontynentu, niechęć zrozumienia złożoności występujących tam problemów, była powodem wielu błędów i niepowodzeń amerykańskiej administracji. Niniejszy artykuł ma na celu przybliżenie polityki Stanów Zjednoczonych wobec Republiki Konga w trudnym dla tego kraju okresie lat 60. XX-wieku.

Keywords

EN

the Congo; U.S. policy; discourse; security; colonialism

PL

Kongo; polityka Stanów Zjednoczonych; dyskurs; bezpieczeństwo; kolonializm

• Publisher: Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu i Przedsiębiorczości w Ostrowcu Świętokrzyskim
• Journal: Ante Portas – Studia nad Bezpieczeństwem
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 1(4)
• Pages: 131-152

Dates

published

2015-05-30

Contributors

author

Różalska Monika

• Jagiellonian University

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