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The End of Empire in French West Africa - France's Successful Decolonization (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
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The End of Empire in French West Africa - France's Successful Decolonization (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
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In an effort to restore its world-power status after the
humiliation of defeat and occupation, France was eager to maintain
its overseas empire at the end of the Second World War. Yet just
fifteen years later France had decolonized, and by 1960 only a few
small island territories remained under French control.The process
of decolonization in Indochina and Algeria has been widely studied,
but much less has been written about decolonization in France's
largest colony, French West Africa. Here, the French approach was
regarded as exemplary -- that is, a smooth transition successfully
managed by well intentioned French politicians and enlightened
African leaders. Overturning this received wisdom, Chafer argues
that the rapid unfurling of events after the Second World War was a
complex , piecemeal and unpredictable process, resulting in a
'successful decolonization' that was achieved largely by accident.
At independence, the winners assumed the reins of political power,
while the losers were often repressed, imprisoned or silenced.This
important book challenges the traditional dichotomy between
'imperial' and 'colonial' history and will be of interest to
students of imperial and French history, politics and international
relations, development and post-colonial studies.
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