Decolonization : dismantling empires and building independence /
by Sheila Nelson.
- Philadelphia : Mason Crest Publishers, c2007.
- 88 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
- The United Nations--global leadership .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The beginnings of the United Nations -- The trusteeship system -- The non-self-governing territories -- The international decades for the eradication of colonialism -- Territories helped by the decolonization process -- Decolonization and the war on terror.
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United Nations--Juvenile literature.
Decolonization--Juvenile literature. Self-determination, National--Juvenile literature. World politics--20th century--Juvenile literature.