Cold War and Decolonization in Guinea, 1946-1958

by Elizabeth Schmidt

Book Overview

In September 1958, Guinea claimed its independence, rejecting a constitution that would have relegated it to junior partnership in the French Community. In all the French empire, Guinea was the only territory to vote "No." Orchestrating the "No" vote was the Guinean branch of the Rassemblement D mocratique Africain (RDA), an alliance of political parties with affiliates in French West and Equatorial Africa and the United Nations trusts of Togo...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821417649
• ISBN13: 9780821417645
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.1"