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Holding the Line - Race, Racism, and American Foreign Policy Toward Africa, 1953-1961 (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,202
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Holding the Line - Race, Racism, and American Foreign Policy Toward Africa, 1953-1961 (Hardcover): George White

Holding the Line - Race, Racism, and American Foreign Policy Toward Africa, 1953-1961 (Hardcover)

George White

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The rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union intensified as Dwight D. Eisenhower entered the White House. However, the burning question for the vast majority of the world's population was not whether they would join the 'Free World' or the Soviet bloc, but whether they could achieve meaningful self-determination. Nowhere did the answer to that question loom larger than in Africa. The Eisenhower administration's confrontation with Africa demonstrates the significance of race in the creation and execution of American foreign policy. In this new work, historian George White, Jr. explores the ways in which Eisenhower diplomacy, influenced by America's racialized fantasies, fears, and desires, turned the Cold War into a global sanctuary for the rehabilitation of Whiteness. In turn, American statesmen and bureaucrats justified the undermining of democracy and freedom by stuffing the multi-faceted realities of African aspirations and Western privileges into the straitjacket of a bi-polar worldview. Using as its foundation American relations with Ethiopia, Ghana, South Africa, and the Congo, Holding the Line demonstrates the power of race to warp perception and to severely limit the parameters and possibilities of human engagement. Holding the Line provides a fresh perspective on 1950s era U.S. foreign relations that remain salient in American diplomacy today. This is a book that will be of interest to students of American diplomatic history, Critical Race and Whiteness studies, American studies, and international relations.

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Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin: United States
Release date: November 2005
First published: December 2005
Authors: George White
Dimensions: 234 x 176 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 978-0-7425-3382-0
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > Diplomacy
LSN: 0-7425-3382-4
Barcode: 9780742533820

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