Newly independent states
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Which way Africa?
The Arc
End of empire
Neo-colonialism
African independence
Education and the development of nations
French-speaking Africa since independence
The political economy of change
The dilemmas of African independence
Nationalism and new states in Africa from about 1935 to the present
The military in the political development of new nations
Political development and social change
The Third World
Supervisors and teachers
The making of foreign policy in Russia and the new states of Eurasia
Politics of the developing nations
Drum of Power
Society, politics & economic development
How to start your own country
From empire to nation
Africa
Politics in West Africa
Great Pacific
Miniature Empires
Statehood and self-determination
The national language question
Nonalignment theory and current policy
Self-government in modernizing nations
Transitional Justice
The politics of the new states
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