To Katanga and Back

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"To Katanga and Back" is a political and historical account by Irish diplomat and writer Conor Cruise O'Brien, detailing his experiences and analysis of the United Nations' role in the Congo Crisis of the early 1960s.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
historical account ⓘ
political book ⓘ
about Cold War politics in Africa ⓘ
Irish foreign policy ⓘ
United Nations Operation in the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
limitations of the United Nations ⓘ
peacekeeping ethics ⓘ
post-colonial Africa ⓘ
role of diplomats in conflict zones ⓘ
secession of Katanga ⓘ
sovereignty and intervention ⓘ
author Conor Cruise O'Brien NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ireland ⓘ
describes Conor Cruise O'Brien's experiences as a UN official in Katanga ⓘ
genre memoir ⓘ
political history ⓘ
hasAuthorOccupation diplomat ⓘ
historian ⓘ
politician ⓘ
hasPerspectiveOn United Nations neutrality NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict between great power interests and UN ideals ⓘ
tension between national sovereignty and international intervention ⓘ
hasReputation controversial account of UN actions in Congo ⓘ
important source on early UN peacekeeping history ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
mainSubject Congo Crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Katanga NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ
decolonization ⓘ
international relations ⓘ
peacekeeping ⓘ
notableFor critical analysis of UN policy in the Congo Crisis ⓘ
influence on debates about UN intervention ⓘ
insider account of UN peacekeeping operations ⓘ
perspective first-person ⓘ
publicationYear 1962 ⓘ
publisher Hutchinson NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Katanga Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed Congo Crisis 1960–1965 NERFINISHED ⓘ
early 1960s ⓘ

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