UID:
almahu_9949701107202882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9789004469617
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9789004464025
Series Statement:
New Perspectives on the Cold War ; 8
Content:
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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Preliminary Material /
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Copyright page /
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Dedication /
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Acknowledgements /
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Abbreviations /
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Introduction /
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Chapter 1 A Non-colonial Power in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa /
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Part 1 The Struggle for National Liberation during the Last Phase of European Colonialism, 1967-1974 /
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Introduction to Part 1 /
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Chapter 2 Countering Criticism from the Third World: Switzerland's Stance on White Minority Rule /
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Chapter 3 Negotiating Foreign Policy on the Domestic Front: Non-state Actors and Portuguese Colonialism /
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Conclusion to Part 1 /
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Part 2 A Shift in Cold War Alliances: Radical Regime Changes in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1967-1979 /
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Introduction to Part 2 /
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Chapter 4 Attempting to Keep a Low Profile: The Revolutions in Somalia and Ethiopia /
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Chapter 5 Getting Out of a Foreign Policy Impasse: The Decolonisation of Angola and Mozambique /
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Chapter 6 Improving Switzerland's Image: Relations with Independent Mozambique /
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Conclusion to Part 2 /
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Part 3 Armed Conflicts in Africa and the Renewal of Cold War Tensions, 1975-1979 /
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Introduction to Part 3 /
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Chapter 7 Manoeuvring through the East-West and North-South Conflict: The Angolan War /
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Chapter 8 Retaining Western Influence in Africa: The Ogaden War /
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Conclusion to Part 3 /
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Conclusion /
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Bibliography /
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Index /
Additional Edition:
Print version: Switzerland and Sub-Saharan Africa in the Cold War, 1967-1979 : Neutrality Meets Decolonisation. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2021 ISBN 9789004464025
Language:
English
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