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Lazlo Passemiers’ Decolonisation and Regional Geopolitics: South Africa and the “Congo Crisis”, 1960-1965, examines South Africa’s relationship with the Congo, and the crisis that engulfed the latter between 1960 and 1965. Always alive to the local, regional, continental and international geopolitical factors, Passemiers explores a series of factors that shaped South Africa’s policy and posture as Congo’s La pagaille, unfolded over five short but intense years

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  • Decolonisation and Regional Geopolitics: South Africa and the “Congo Crisis”, 1960-1965, London and New York, Routledge, 2019. 37, ISBN: 978-0-815-35279-2

  • It is not surprising that much of the available literature on the Congo Crisis and the role of external influence has generally been limited to how Cold War dynamics shaped the nature and the texture of international involvement in the Congo during this period

  • To the extent that it focusses on the role of an African country and the regional factors that shaped its involvement in the Congo, this book makes a refreshing and timely contribution to the existing literature on the Congo Crisis

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Decolonisation and Regional Geopolitics: South Africa and the “Congo Crisis”, 1960-1965, London and New York, Routledge, 2019. 37 (paperback), ISBN: 978-0-815-35279-2. To the extent that it focusses on the role of an African country and the regional factors that shaped its involvement in the Congo, this book makes a refreshing and timely contribution to the existing literature on the Congo Crisis.

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