Building a Peaceful Nation: Julius Nyerere and the Establishment of Sovereignty in Tanzania, 1960-1964, 1st Edition

A compelling account of the establishment of Tanzania’s stable and ambitious government in the face of external threats and internal turmoil.In the early 1960s, nationalist politicians established in Tanzania a stable government in the face of external threats and internal turmoil. Paul Bjerk’s volume chronicles this history and examines the politics and policies of the nation’s first president, Julius Nyerere. One of the great leaders of modern Africa, Nyerere unified the diverse people who became citizens of the new nation and negotiated the tumultuous politics of the Cold War. In an era whenmany postcolonial countries succumbed to corrupt dictatorship or civil war, Nyerere sought principled government. Making difficult choices between democratic and autocratic rule, Nyerere creatively managed the destabilizing forces of decolonization.With extensive archival research and interviews with scores of participants in this history, Bjerk reorients our understanding of the formative years of Tanzanian independence. This study provides a new paradigm for understanding the history of the postcolonial nations that became independent in a global postwar order defined by sovereignty.Paul Bjerk is associate professor of history at Texas Tech University.Building a Peaceful Nation: Julius Nyerere and the Establishment of Sovereignty in Tanzania, 1960-1964 1st Edition is written by Paul Bjerk and published by University of Rochester Press. ISBNs for Building a Peaceful Nation are 9781782045595, 1782045597 and the print ISBNs are 9781580465052, 1580465056. Additional ISBNs include 9781580469357.