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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Widmer, Sabina (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Series:	New perspectives on the Cold War ; v. 8.
Subjects:	Neutrality > Switzerland. Colonies > Africa. Cold War. Switzerland > Foreign relations > Africa, Sub-Saharan. Africa, Sub-Saharan > Foreign relations > Switzerland. Africa, Sub-Saharan > History > 1960- Colonies. Diplomatic relations. Neutrality. Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa. Switzerland. HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century Since 1960 Electronic books. History.
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Table of 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.