Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XVIII, 358 Seiten)
,
1 Diagramm
ISBN:
9789004469617
Series Statement:
New perspectives on the Cold War volume 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."
Content:
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.
Note:
Literatur- und Quellenverzeichnis: Seite 321-348
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Dissertation University of Lausanne 2018
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004464025
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Widmer, Sabina Switzerland and Sub-Saharan Africa in the Cold War, 1967-1979 Leiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill NV, 2021 ISBN 9789004464025
Language:
English
Keywords:
Schweiz
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Subsaharisches Afrika
;
Ost-West-Konflikt
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Außenpolitik
;
Entkolonialisierung
;
Geschichte 1967-1979
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Hochschulschrift
DOI:
10.1163/9789004469617
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