Code: 32731631

Postcolonial Security

Name: Postcolonial Security
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 32731631
Price: 123.32 EUR
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Author: Wyss
ISBN: 9780198843023

by Wyss, Marco (Director of the Centre for War and Diplomacy and Lecturer in the International History of the Cold War, Lancaster University; and Research Fellow, International Studies Group, University

Language: English
Binding: Hardback
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2021
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In light of the discrepancy between Britain's and France's postcolonial security roles in Africa, which seemed already determined half a decade after independence, this book studies the making of the postcolonial security relationship during the transfer of power and the early years of independence (1958-1966). It focuses on West Africa, and more specificially the newly independent states of Nigeria and Côte d'Ivoire, which rapidly evolved into key players in the postcolonial struggle for Africa. Based on research in fourteen archives in Africa, Europe, and the United States, Postcolonial Security comparatively investigates the establishment of formal defence relations, the disintegration of the Anglo-Nigerian 'special relationship' and the Franco-Ivorian 'neo-colonial collusion', the provision of British and French military assistance to their former colonies and the competition they faced from West Germany and Israel respectively, and the Anglo-American partnership in Nigeria and the Franco-American rivalry in Côte d'Ivoire. It demonstrates that whereas Britain was rapidly and increasingly pushed out of and replaced in the Nigerian security sector by western competitors, France succeeded in retaining its military foothold and pre-eminence in Côte d'Ivoire. Informed by postcolonial approaches, Postcolonial Security argues that while London's Cold War blinkers and Paris's neo-imperial agenda were part of the equation, the postcolonial security relationship was ultimately determined by the Nigerian and Ivorian elites, which in turn responded to their local and regional circumstances against the background of the Cold War in Africa.

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123.32 €

Full title: Postcolonial Security
Subtitle: Britain, France, and West Africa's Cold War
Author: Wyss, Marco (Director of the Centre for War and Diplomacy and Lecturer in the International History of the Cold War, Lancaster University; and Research Fellow, International Studies Group, University
Language: English
Binding: Hardback
Number of pages: 352
EAN: 9780198843023
ISBN: 019884302X
ID: 32731631
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Weight: 696 g
Dimensions: 245 × 165 × 25 mm
Date of publishing: 07. January 2021