1960-1964
A01=Paul Bjerk
African history
Author_Paul Bjerk
Building Peaceful Nation
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Cold War
Decolonization
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Julius Nyerere
Leadership
Political strategies
Postcolonial nations
Postcolonial politics
Sovereignty
Tanzania
Product details
- ISBN 9781580469357
- Weight: 558g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 15 Sep 2018
- Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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A compelling account of the establishment of Tanzania's stable and ambitious government in the face of external threats and internal turmoil.
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 whenmany 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 associate professor of history at Texas Tech University.
