| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 358 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
New perspectives on the Cold War, 2452-2260 ; volume 8 |
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New perspectives on the Cold War ; v. 8.
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| Contents |
A non-colonial power in colonial and postcolonial Africa -- Countering criticism from the Third World : Switzerland's stance on white minority rule -- Negotiating foreign policy on the domestic front : non-state actors and Portuguese colonialism -- Attempting to keep a low profile : the revolutions in Somalia and Ethiopia -- Getting out of a foreign policy impasse : the decolonisation of Angola and Mozambique -- Improving Switzerland's image : relations with independent Mozambique -- Manoeuvring through the east-west and north-south conflict : the Angolan war |
| Summary |
"In Switzerland and Sub-Saharan Africa in the Cold War, 1967-1979, Sabina Widmer analyses Swiss foreign policy in Angola, Mozambique, Ethiopia, and Somalia in the late 1960s and 1970s, at the crossroads of the global East-West confrontation and decolonisation. Focusing on the independence wars in Angola and Mozambique, the Angolan War, and the Ogaden War, as well as regime changes that brought Soviet-allied governments to power, this book sheds new light on Switzerland's role in the Third World during the Cold War. Based on extensive multi-archival research, it exposes the limits of neutrality in North-South relations, reveals the growing marge de manoeuvre of small states during Détente, and highlights the role of non-state actors in the making of foreign policy"-- Provided by publisher |
| Analysis |
Humanities |
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The Cold War |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Neutrality -- Switzerland
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Colonies -- Africa.
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Cold War.
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HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century.
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Colonies
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Diplomatic relations
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Neutrality
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| SUBJECT |
Switzerland -- Foreign relations -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Foreign relations -- Switzerland
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Africa, Sub-Saharan -- History -- 1960- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001681
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| Subject |
Africa
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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Switzerland
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004469617 |
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9004469613 |
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