The United Nations and Decolonization.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I: The politics of oversight -- 1. National prerogatives versus international supervision: Britain's evolving policy toward the campaign for equivalency of United Nations' handling of dependent territories, 1945-1963 -- 2. A challenge to the system: the South West Africa question and the United Nations Trusteeship Council -- 3. The United Nations, Italian decolonization, and the 1949 Bevin-Sforza plan: a victory for neocolonialism? -- PART II: Decolonizing global governance? -- 4. The United Nations between "old boys' club" and a changing world order: the South African-Indian dispute at the United Nations, 1945-1955 -- 5. "A crisis of confidence": the postcolonial moment and the diplomacy of decolonization at the United Nations, ca. 1961 -- 6. Haiti, the United Nations, and decolonization in the Congo -- PART III: Unraveling empire -- 7. The Trust Territory of Somaliland, 1950-1960: trusteeship or colony? -- 8. The United Nations and Portuguese colonies, 1961-1962: information gathering and the evolving interpretation of Article 73(e) -- 9. The United Nations and West Papuan self-determination: lingering conceptions of "civilization" in the decolonization process -- Index.

The authors in this book explore the early history of the United Nations in order to increase our understanding of both the achievements and the limits of international support for the independence of colonized peoples.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.