Congo 1965 : : Political Documents of a Developing Nation / / Benoit Verhaegen, Jules Gerard-Libois.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Gerard-Libois, Jules,; Verhaegen, Benoit,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1967
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Centre de Recherche et D'Information Socio-Politiques ; 4
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (530 p.)

This seventh volume in the annual series of Congolese documents compiled by the Centre de Recherche et d'Information Socio-Politiques in Brussels consists of official statements and memoranda, proceedings of conferences, etc. In French, with an English introduction by Herbert Weiss.Originally published in 1967.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE. THE CONGO UNDER THE TSHOMBE GOVERNMENT -- I. THE HEAD OF STATE, THE GOVERNMENT, AND THE DIFFERENT OPPOSITIONS -- II. THE REBELLION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES -- III. THE ELECTIONS -- IV. THE FUNCTIONING OF THE REGIME AND THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC SITUATION -- V. FOREIGN RELATIONS UNDER THE TSHOMBE GOVERNMENT -- PART TWO. TSHOMBE'S FORCED RESIGNATION AND THE ATTEMPTS AT A KIMBA GOVERNMENT -- I. RISING OPPOSITION BETWEEN THE HEAD OF STATE AND THE HEAD OF THE GOVERNMENT -- II. THE SPECIAL SESSION OF PARLIAMENT -- III. THE REGULAR SESSION OF PARLIAMENT -- IV. PRESIDENT KASAVUBU AT THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY MEETING AT ACCRA -- PART THREE. THE REGIME OF GENERAL MOBUTU AND MULAMBA -- I. THE COUP D'ETAT -- II. THE MULAMBA GOVERNMENT -- III. FIRST MEASURES ENACTED BY THE NEW GOVERNMENT -- IV. ORIENTATION OF THE REGIME. CONGOLESE AND INTERNATIONAL REACTIONS -- V. THE REBELLION AFTER THE SEIZURE OF POWER BY GENERAL MOBUTU -- INDEX AND MAPS -- LIST OF DOCUMENTS