Postcolonial Security
Britain, France, and West Africa's Cold War
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book studies the making of the postcolonial security relationships between Britain and Nigeria, and France and Côte d'Ivoire. It not only assesses the Cold War in West Africa, also Britain's military withdrawal from Africa, and France's continuously strong military footprint in the region
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This book studies the making of the postcolonial security relationships between Britain and Nigeria, and France and Côte d'Ivoire. It not only assesses the Cold War in West Africa, also Britain's military withdrawal from Africa, and France's continuously strong military footprint in the region
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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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Postcolonial Security “
- Part I: Postcolonial Defence
- 1: The Anglo-Nigerian Defence Agreement
- 2: The Franco-Ivorian Cooperation Agreements
- Part II: Neo-colonial Collusion?
- 3: The Demise of the Anglo-Nigerian Special Relationship
- 4: The Ivorian Regime and the French Security Guarantee
- Part III: Military Assistance
- 5: British Leadership Questioned
- 6: A French Prerogative
- Part IV: The United States
- 7: British Partner
- 8: French Rival
- Conclusion
Autoren-Porträt von Marco Wyss
Marco Wyss (FRHistS, FHEA) is the Director of the Centre for War and Diplomacy and Reader in International History and Security at Lancaster University, a Research Fellow at the University of the Free State, and an Associate Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies. He is the editor of the International Journal of Military History and Historiography, and co-editor of Brill's New Perspectives on the Cold War book series. He is the author of Un Suisse au service de la SS (Alphil-Presses universitaires suisses, 2010),Arms Transfers, Neutrality and Britain's Role in the Cold War (Brill, 2013), and co-editor of Peacekeeping in Africa (Routledge, 2014),Neutrality and Neutralism in the Global Cold War (Routledge, 2016), The Handbook of European Defence Policies and Armed Forces (Oxford University Press, 2018) and Europe and China in the Cold War (Brill, 2018).Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Marco Wyss
- 2021, 346 Seiten, Maße: 16,5 x 24,5 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 019884302X
- ISBN-13: 9780198843023
- Erscheinungsdatum: 12.02.2021
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
For anyone interested in the complex relationship between the Cold War, decolonization and post-colonial security in Africa this book is a must-read. Wyss provides the first ever systematic, comparative analysis of the establishment of postcolonial security relationships in Cold War Africa. The book will be of interest to historians but also to scholars of Area, Development, and Security Studies, as well as International Relations. Tony Chafer, Professor of French and African Studies, University of Portsmouth
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