The Internationalization of Colonialism Britain, France, and Black Africa 1939-1956

John Kent has written the first full scholarly study of British and French policy in their West African colonies during the Second World War and its aftermath. His detailed analysis shows how the broader requirements of Anglo-French relations in Europe and the wider world shaped the formulation and execution of the two colonial powers' policy in Black Africa. He examines the guiding principles of the policy-makers in London and Paris and the problems experienced by the colonial administrators themselves. This is a genuinely comparative study, thoroughly grounded in both French and British archives, and it sheds new light on the development of Anglo-French co-operation in colonial matters in this period.

1 - The MacDonald-Mandel conversations on Anglo-French Colonial co-operation
2 - Anglo-French relations and the war in West Africa 1939-1942
3 - Wartime policy in West Africa: The effects on relations between the European Colonies, 1940-1942
4 - The conversion of AOF and the problems of supply and wartime organization in West Africa, 1942-1945
5 - Inter-territorial relations, 1942-1945
6 - Regional commissions and the origins of post-war Anglo-French Colonial co-operation in Africa, 1942-1945
7 - The progress of Colonial co-operation in London and Paris, 1945-1949
8 - Anglo-French Colonial co-operation and its impact in West Africa, 1945-1949
9 - The Ewe Question: Origins and impact, 1945-1949
10 - The Ewe Question and the future of Togoland, 1950-1956
11 - The creation and development of the CCTA, 1950-1956
12 - Ministerial discussion and the Anglo-French Colonial co-operation, 1950-1956
13 - Conclusion