Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables xi -- List of Illustrations xiii -- Preface xvii -- Acknowledgments xxi -- List of Abbreviations xxiii -- Introduction 1 -- Part I. The Multi-Stratum Context of Decolonization 11 -- Chapter 1. The Global Context 15 -- The United States, the NATO Factor and the Colonial Question 15 -- The Soviet Union, the Asia Factor and the Colonial Question 22 -- The United Nations and the Question of Decolonization 29 -- Chapter 2. The Pan-African Context 34 -- Global Pan-Africanism: The Conceptualization of "Black Liberation"? 35 -- Pan-Africanism in French Africa: False Dilemma between Unity and Independence 47 -- Chapter 3. The Context of French Guinea 64 -- The Political Evolution of French Guinea since WWII: The Birth of Party Politics and Labor Unionism 65 -- Implementation of the Defferre Law and Acceleration of History 80 -- The Abolition of Canton Chieftaincy and the Changing of Power Politics 89 -- From Competition to Cooperation toward Liberation 94 -- Part II. Guinea under Sékou Touré's Regime: 1958-1984 107 -- Chapter 4. National Sovereignty, Statecraft and the Making of Single-Party Rule 109 -- Making the Leap from Decolonization to National Sovereignty 112 -- Statecraft and the Making of Single-Party Rule 118 -- Power Struggle and Radicalization of the PDG Regime 130 -- Chapter 5. Doctrinal Paradigms and Domestic Policy of the Touré Regime 143 -- The PDG Socialist Political Economy 144 -- Education Reform and the Socialist Cultural Revolution 152 -- Women's Liberation and Youth Empowerment 160 -- The PDG Revolution, the "Perennial Plot" and the Human Rights Question 170 -- Chapter 6. The Foreign Policy of the Touré Regime 183 -- Africa-Centered Foreign Policy 184 -- Global Foreign Policy and the Cold War Factor 202 -- Chapter 7. From the PDG to the CMRN 222.

A Cursory Assessment of the Legacy of the PDG Regime 223 -- The State of Guinean Society in 1984 231 -- Touré's Death and Guinea's First Regime Change: The End of an Era? 236 -- Part III. Guinea under the Regime of Lansana Conté and during Its Aftermath: 1984-2012. 261 -- Chapter 8. The Conté Regime: Military Rule and Transformation of the State 263 -- The CMRN: A "Dutiful Liberator"? 266 -- Power Struggle and Ethnic Politics 273 -- The Path to Personal Rule and Kleptocracy 283 -- Chapter 9. The Economic and Social Policies of the Conté Regime 290 -- The Politics of Economic Liberalization in the Age of Structural Adjustment Programs 291 -- Socioeconomic Ramifications of the Economic Liberalization 299 -- Education Reform and the Challenge of Youth Unemployment 308 -- Women's Liberation in a New Context 314 -- Chapter 10. Political Liberalization and the Democratization Agenda 322 -- Political Liberalization: Path to Democratic Self-Determination? 324 -- Political Pluralism and Deficit of Democracy 329 -- Media Liberalization 335 -- The Armed Forces in Conté's Civilianized Regime 340 -- Associational Life and the Rise of Civil Society 347 -- Chapter 11. The Foreign Policy of the Conté Regime 353 -- Africa-Centered Foreign Policy 355 -- Global Foreign Policy 367 -- Chapter 12. The Twilight of the Conté Regime 381 -- Failure of Governance, Oligarchic Rule, and Social Unrest 382 -- The State of Guinean Society at the Dusk of the Conté Era 392 -- Chapter 13. The CNDD Regime and Beyond: Decadence and New Dawn? 413 -- The Rise and Fall of Captain Moussa Dadis Camara and the CNDD 414 -- An Internationally Induced Transition under General Konaté 428 -- Conclusion 457 -- Notes 467 -- Selected Bibliography 511 -- Index 519.