Monday, Dec. 4: Decolonization, Part I
Read:
- John Merriman, “The Cold War and the End of European Empires,” in A History of Modern Europe: From the Renaissance to the Present (New York: W.W. Norton, 2010), 1160–75. (on Zotero)
Watch:
Wednesday, Dec. 6: Decolonization, Part II
Watch:
Friday, Dec. 8: Discussion #11
Read:
- “British Government Statement: Policy In India, 1946,” Internet History Sourcebooks: Modern History, accessed August 20, 2023, https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1946-india-ukpolicy.asp.
- Jawaharlal Nehru, “A Tryst with Destiny: Speech on the Granting of Indian Independence, August 14, 1947,” Internet History Sourcebooks: Modern History, accessed August 20, 2023, https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1947nehru1.asp.
- “Resolution on Imperialism and Colonialism, Accra, December 5-13, 1958,” Internet History Sourcebooks: Modern History, accessed August 20, 2023, https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1958-aapc-res1.asp.
- “Proclamation of the Algerian National Front, Libertation Front, (FLN) November 1954,” Historical Text Archive, accessed August 20, 2023, https://web.archive.org/web/20010710183624/http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=10.
- General Paul Aussaresses, “The Terror,” in The Battle of the Casbah: Terrorism and Counterterrorism in Algeria 1955-1957 (Enigma Books, 2004). (on Zotero).