U.S. foreign policy and the Belgian Congo in the 1950s.

The Historian | January 1, 1996| | Copyright

The turmoil that engulfed the Belgian Congo when it gained independence in 1960 and the tortuous role subsequently assumed by the United Nations have received considerable coverage. Less attention has been given to the preceding years, particularly U.S.-Belgian relations, the critical connections between the superpower that led the UN and the small European state that ruled the Congo. In the 1950s, Washington's policy toward Central Africa was caught between maintaining good relations with allies in Brussels, London, and Paris, and the ambition, sharpened by the Soviet ...

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