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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 when many 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 assistant professor of history at Texas Tech University.

Sovereignty --- Self-determination, National --- Postcolonialism --- Diplomatic relations --- Presidents --- Sovereignty. --- Nyerere, Julius K., --- TANU (Organization) --- Tanzania --- History --- Foreign relations --- National self-determination --- Nationalism --- Nation-state --- Nationalities, Principle of --- State sovereignty (International relations) --- International law --- Political science --- Common heritage of mankind (International law) --- International relations --- Post-colonialism --- Postcolonial theory --- Decolonization --- Presidency --- Heads of state --- Executive power --- Law and legislation --- Ab'i︠a︡dnanai︠a︡ Rėspublika Tanzanii︠a︡ --- Henōmenē Dēmokratia tēs Tanzanias --- Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania --- Obedinena republika Tanzanii︠a︡ --- Obʺedinennai︠a︡ Respublika Tanzanii︠a︡ --- Ob'i︠e︡dnana Respublika Tanzanii︠a︡ --- Tʻan-sang-ni-ya --- Tanganyika and Zanzibar --- Tʻanjania --- Tansangniya --- Tansania --- Tanzanie --- Tanzanier --- Tanzanii︠a︡ --- Tanzanija --- Tānzāniyā --- Ujedinjena Republika Tanzanija --- United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar --- United Republic of Tanzania --- Τανζανία --- Ενωμένη Δημοκρατία της Τανζανίας --- Аб'яднаная Рэспубліка Танзанія --- Танзания --- Танзанија --- Танзанія --- Уједињена Република Танзанија --- Объединённая Республика Танзания --- Об'єднана Республіка Танзанія --- Обединена република Танзания --- تنزانيا --- タンザニア --- 坦桑尼亚 --- 탄자니아 --- Tanganyika --- Zanzibar --- Nyerere, Julius Kambarage, --- Afrikanskiĭ nat︠s︡ionalʹnyĭ soi︠u︡z Tanganʹiki --- Nat︠s︡ionalʹnyĭ soi︠u︡z afrikant︠s︡ev Tanganʹiki --- T.A.N.U. --- Tanganyika African National Union --- Chama cha Mapinduzi --- 1960-1964. --- African history. --- Building Peaceful Nation. --- Cold War. --- Decolonization. --- Julius Nyerere. --- Leadership. --- Paul Bjerk. --- Peaceful Nation. --- Political strategies. --- Postcolonial Nations. --- Postcolonial nations. --- Postcolonial politics. --- Tanzania. --- Tanzanian Government. --- Tanzanian Independence.