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Building a Peaceful Nation

By Paul Bjerk

Building a Peaceful Nation

By Paul Bjerk

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In the early 1960s, nationalist politicians established in Tanzania a stable government in the face of external threats and internal turmoil. Paul Bjerk's volume chronicles this history and examines the politics and policies of the nation's first president, Julius Nyerere. One of the great leaders of modern Africa, Nyerere unified the diverse people who became citizens of the new nation and negotiated the tumultuous politics of the Cold War. In an era when many postcolonial countries succumbed to corrupt dictatorship or civil war, Nyerere sought principled government. Making difficult choices between democratic and autocratic rule, Nyerere creatively managed the destabilizing forces of decolonization. With extensive archival research and interviews with scores of participants in this history, Bjerk reorients our understanding of the formative years of Tanzanian independence. This study provides a new paradigm for understanding the history of the postcolonial nations that became independent in a global postwar order defined by sovereignty. Paul Bjerk is assistant professor of history at Texas Tech University.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
392
Release Date:
2018-09-15
Publication Date:
2018-09-01
Publisher:
University of Rochester Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1580469353
ISBN13:
9781580469357
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
566 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
21 cm
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