Britain, France and the Decolonization of Africa: Future Imperfect?

The colonial and postcolonial state British overseas development: a chronology Development and decolonization: managing the transition decolonization process Europe’s double dependency and the discovery of the Saharan resources Controlling the Territoires du Sud: a new Eurafrica development as human rights VSO: from ageing service to young man’s challenge The Colonial Office never wavered in its promise of a career offering enter- Conclusion: the conditional as a category Afterword: Achilles and the tortoise: the tortoise’s view of late colonialism