The Struggle against Imperialism

Anticolonialism and the Cold War

Edward H. Judge, John W. Langdon

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Year: 2018
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781442265851
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: 20th Century History
• Index: History

This concise and engaging book argues that the Cold War and anti-colonial movements should properly be studied and taught together, not as distinct developments, but rather as interwoven aspects of a complex global transformation. The authors provide a cogent and concise description of the post–World War II era and reveal connective dimensions of that era that remain hidden in books that focus primarily on either the Cold War or the struggles against imperial rule. It not only deals with anti-colonialism and Cold War together but also portrays the Cold War as a contest between "anti-imperialist empires," capped by the collapse of one of them—the multicultural trans-regional Soviet realm—in a work that is engaging and accessible to both students and general readers.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Preface
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Empires, Ideologies, and Nations
• Chapter 3: “Long Live the Victory of People’s War”
• Chapter 4: “We Are Today Free and Independent”
• Chapter 5: “Scram from Africa!”
• Chapter 6: “So Far from God . . . So Close to the United States”
• Chapter 7: “Every Country Decides Which Road to Take”
• Chapter 8: “Empires Wax and Wane”
• Notes
• Glossary
• Suggestions for Further Reading
• About the Authors