Western Involvement in Nkrumah's Downfall

The author shows the role played by Western governments and intelligence agencies - of the United States, Britain, West Germany, and France - in overthrowing Ghana's first president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. They worked together to weaken and undermine his government, and they facilitated the military coup which ended his rule. He has used declassified material including interviews with former American ambassadors to Ghana, as well as other sources, to document his study. He contends that the Gha...