%0 Book %A Tim Pfefferle %D 2012 %C München, Germany %I GRIN Verlag %@ 9783656338833 %T The United States and the Congo Crisis, 1960 - 1961 %B A Constructivist Interpretation of US Foreign Policy %R 10.3239/9783656338833 %U https://www.hausarbeiten.de/document/206564 %X An assessment of the role played by the United States in the so-called Congo Crisis, focusing on the initial stage from 1960 to early 1961. Following a rendering of the historical context, US foreign policy will be analyzed from a three-dimensional perspective. Thus, Realist, Marxist, and Constructivist theories of International Relations are employed to provide an interpretation of the sources and nature of US policy during the Congo Crisis. In conclusion, it will be argued that Constructivism provides the most comprehensive explanatory model to illustrate US foreign policy. %K Realism, Marxism, Constructivism, International Relations, Congo, Congo Crisis, 1960, Patrice Lumumba, Eisenhower, Kasavubu, social construction, Belgium, United States, United Nations, Instrumental Marxism, racism, paternalism, Mobutu, natural resources, Katanga, Katanga Crisis, King Leopold, Central Africa, Cold War %G English