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Indian Independence
1947- Diarchy Partition 17th and 18th Keeps enforcing control until 1940's- e.g. large groups stopped from meeting- afraid of democracy Wars undermine Civilisation Darwin - Japan markets
Ghandi
Rural, non western and statist
Religious Control - Unity between Muslims and hindus
Nehru
Westernisd
Secular
Non Alligment
Non-Alligmnment
Belgrade 1961 Yugoslavia, Inida, Egypt (Tito, Nasser, Nehru) Non- aligned to USSR or USA Nucleur Disarmerment Economic Expansion of third world
Bandung
1955 Precusors - pan africnism NAAPC 1945- Foundation of Arab League Push for Sovereignty and Deolonisation Aliance without western Power
Spirit of Bandung
Nasser- extraordinary moment
Skeptical before - comes away empowered
More Physcological consequences than physical
UN
1946 Security council of 5 which can Veto - inherently bad USA only Veto's once in first 20 years Individual not state Trusteeship - mandates justified Independence not committed too General Assembly 12- 53
Glenda
Rhetoric of world organisation after WW2
League of Nations
Manchuria 1931 Abyssinia 1935 1938 Anschluss and Czechoslovakia 1939 - ww2 Good idea but undermined- Wilson said would grow organically so no structures e.g. no peace keeping force
Pedersen
Legitimization of colonialism through mandates
Sykes- Picot
1916 france and Britain
Divides up Arab World
Third World
Prashad - not a place a project Darwin - After Suez enemy to Decolonisation Special Relationships Atlantic Charter 1941 Ottowa 1932 Continued exercion of power Rostow- Stages of economic development
Wind of Change Speech
1960 -Mcmillan
TVA- Tennessee Valley Association
America Used to show other places how they can help
Cold War and Third World
Playing Ussr and USA off eachother
e.g. Nasser wanted money