Anti-Communism and security in the Congo: Issues in the complex collaboration between Brussels and Washington (1950-1960)

Gijs, Anne-Sophie
(2013) International Conference: Policing empires: social control, political transition, (post)colonial legacies — Location: Brussels (12.December.2013)

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In the ten-year period between 1950 and 1960, Belgium and the United States took different views of the issue of Communism in the Belgian Congo. The extent of this would emerge particularly clearly from time to time, sometimes with relation to military affairs, sometimes in terms of the economy or politics, and specific measures would need to be taken. Their shared objectives - such as the security of the West, under threat in the Cold War climate - enabled them to justify either cooperation or non-involvement in the affairs of the Congo. However, differences in the status of the two States, subject to differing political imperatives, would also determine their individual approaches. How, then, would these two nations relate in their attempts to combat Communism in the Congo? This is the question examined in this paper.
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Gijs, A.-S. (2013). Anti-Communism and security in the Congo: Issues in the complex collaboration between Brussels and Washington (1950-1960). International Conference: Policing empires: social control, political transition, (post)colonial legacies, Brussels. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/199962