Franco-American relations, 1940-1962 the role of United States' anticolonialism and anticommunism in the formulation of United States' policy on the Algerian question /
Hamburger, Robert Lee
Franco-American relations, 1940-1962 the role of United States' anticolonialism and anticommunism in the formulation of United States' policy on the Algerian question / [Ressource électronique] : Robert Lee Hamburger - 1 vol. (356 p.)
Doctor of philosophy : Political science, international law and relations : University of Notre Dame : 1970
Bibliogr. p. 304-356
Before the Second World War the United States was looked upon as an anticDlonial nation. In the tradition of American anticolanialism, President Roosevelt mas known to be sympathetic to North African Arab demands for the reform and eventual dismantling of the French and British colonial empires. Yet for this American president, and for Presidents Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy after him, the decision whether or not to manifest this anticolonialism in the case of Algeria was not an easy one. First facing the Nazi threat and then the communist threat, the United States was confronted by a dilemma: Often, United States Government officials were unable to formulate a policy that would at the same time effectively fight both a totalitarian threat and the evils of colonialism. This dissertation is a study of the roles these forces played in this formulation of United States policy on the Algerian Question. The dissertation is divided according to changes of singular importance in Franco-American relations concerning the Algerian Question. In deciding the roles played by anticommunism and anticolonialism, I first studied the United States statements and actions pertaining to the Algerian problem and then considered all events of the time- national and international- that could possibly have determined the United States policy. I found that ii R eproduced w ith perm ission o f the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited w ithout perm ission. i i i the most consistently important influences were the following: the communist threat in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, including the role of the Algerian Communist Party; the attitude of the Third World, especially the Arab states of the Middle East; the French program for Algeria; the Algerian National Liberation Front demands and reactions to the French proposals for Algeria; anticipated French reaction to proposed United States policy; United States Congressional opinion. Primary sources constitute a great percentage of works cited, as very little scholarly material is available on the subject. In my research I examined all United Nations discussions of the Algerian Question and all available documents and publications of the Algerian National Liberation Front, Algerian Communist Party, the Metropolitan French Government and the French Government in Algeria. I read every item regarding Algeria and Franco- American relations in Articles et Documents, Documents on American Foreign Relations, Documents on Algeria, the Department of State Bulletin, and the Congressional Record, although the bibliography contains only those items cited in the dissertation. I consulted newspaper editorials and all pertinent manuscripts in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room. I found no relevant manuscripts in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, and I received no replies from those Congressmen I queried concerning Congressional action, and lack of it, on the Algerian Question. The State Department refused me permission to see unpublished, secret material on the Algerian problem.
DEUXIEME GUERRE MONDIALE
GUERRE D'ALGERIE
ATTITUDE POLITIQUE
DECOLONISATION
RELATIONS INTERNATIONALES
GUERRE FROIDE
PERIODE COLONIALE
ALGERIE
FRANCE
ETATS UNIS
965.04
Franco-American relations, 1940-1962 the role of United States' anticolonialism and anticommunism in the formulation of United States' policy on the Algerian question / [Ressource électronique] : Robert Lee Hamburger - 1 vol. (356 p.)
Doctor of philosophy : Political science, international law and relations : University of Notre Dame : 1970
Bibliogr. p. 304-356
Before the Second World War the United States was looked upon as an anticDlonial nation. In the tradition of American anticolanialism, President Roosevelt mas known to be sympathetic to North African Arab demands for the reform and eventual dismantling of the French and British colonial empires. Yet for this American president, and for Presidents Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy after him, the decision whether or not to manifest this anticolonialism in the case of Algeria was not an easy one. First facing the Nazi threat and then the communist threat, the United States was confronted by a dilemma: Often, United States Government officials were unable to formulate a policy that would at the same time effectively fight both a totalitarian threat and the evils of colonialism. This dissertation is a study of the roles these forces played in this formulation of United States policy on the Algerian Question. The dissertation is divided according to changes of singular importance in Franco-American relations concerning the Algerian Question. In deciding the roles played by anticommunism and anticolonialism, I first studied the United States statements and actions pertaining to the Algerian problem and then considered all events of the time- national and international- that could possibly have determined the United States policy. I found that ii R eproduced w ith perm ission o f the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited w ithout perm ission. i i i the most consistently important influences were the following: the communist threat in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, including the role of the Algerian Communist Party; the attitude of the Third World, especially the Arab states of the Middle East; the French program for Algeria; the Algerian National Liberation Front demands and reactions to the French proposals for Algeria; anticipated French reaction to proposed United States policy; United States Congressional opinion. Primary sources constitute a great percentage of works cited, as very little scholarly material is available on the subject. In my research I examined all United Nations discussions of the Algerian Question and all available documents and publications of the Algerian National Liberation Front, Algerian Communist Party, the Metropolitan French Government and the French Government in Algeria. I read every item regarding Algeria and Franco- American relations in Articles et Documents, Documents on American Foreign Relations, Documents on Algeria, the Department of State Bulletin, and the Congressional Record, although the bibliography contains only those items cited in the dissertation. I consulted newspaper editorials and all pertinent manuscripts in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room. I found no relevant manuscripts in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, and I received no replies from those Congressmen I queried concerning Congressional action, and lack of it, on the Algerian Question. The State Department refused me permission to see unpublished, secret material on the Algerian problem.
DEUXIEME GUERRE MONDIALE
GUERRE D'ALGERIE
ATTITUDE POLITIQUE
DECOLONISATION
RELATIONS INTERNATIONALES
GUERRE FROIDE
PERIODE COLONIALE
ALGERIE
FRANCE
ETATS UNIS
965.04