The Imperial MantleThe United States, Decolonization, and the Third WorldDavid D. NewsomA probing analysis of relations between the United States and the Third World in the post--World War II era."To understand why some people in the Third World like to throw rocks at us, read this book."--Richard B. ParkerMany Americans are bewildered by the hostilities and even hatred toward the United States on the part of newly independent Third World nations. Experienced diplomat and scholar David D.

Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Voyage of Discovery; ONE The March of Empire; TWO The Nature of Imperialism; THREE Independence; FOUR Freedom in Asia; FIVE Fictional Independence: Protectorates, Mandates, and Influence; SIX The Gulf and the Peninsula; SEVEN Africa I: Where Blacks Prevailed; EIGHT Africa II: The Settler Countries; NINE The Legacy of the Twentieth Century; TEN Economics; ELEVEN The Cold War; TWELVE Africa, Race, and Politics; THIRTEEN The General Assembly; FOURTEEN The Twenty-First-Century Agenda; Appendix: Backgrounds of Liberation Leaders; Notes; Bibliography.

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