Switzerland and Sub-Saharan Africa in the Cold War, 1967-1979 : neutrality meets decolonisation /
"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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2021]
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| Series: | New perspectives on the Cold War ;
v. 8. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 358 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004469617 9004469613 |
| ISSN: | 2452-2260 ; |