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The End of Empire in French West Africa France's Successful Decolonization

Paperback • 2002 • English

The End of Empire in French West Africa France's Successful Decolonization

By Tony Chafer

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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...Show more

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9781859735572

Publisher

Berg Publishers

Published year

2002

Language

English

Original title

The End of Empire in French West Africa France's Successful Decolonization

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Paperback

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