TY - BOOK AU - Kent,John TI - America, the UN, and decolonisation: Cold War conflict in the Congo SN - 9780415464147 (hbk.) : PY - 2010/// CY - London PB - Rouledge KW - Adoula, Cyrille, KW - United Nations KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Decolonization KW - Congo (Democratic Republic) KW - Nation-building KW - Cold War KW - Politics and government KW - 1960-1997 KW - Foreign relations KW - United States N1 - 'Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada'--T.p. verso; The independence disaster, 1958-Sept. 1960 -- The dismissal and murder of Lumumba and the establishment of the Adoula government, September 1960-August 1961 -- The Adoula government and Kitona : the conflict and dilemmas created by US and UN policy August-December 1961 -- Too little too late, January-July 1962 -- The last Adoula government of a divided Congo, July-December 1962 -- The end of secession and the beginning of the end for the Congo, December 1962-January 1963 -- Unified nation building and no unity to build on, January-October 1963 -- The emerging chaos and the forces of disintegration bring Tshombe's return, October 1963-July 1964 ER -