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1 online resource (xvii, 358 pages) : illustrations. |
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| 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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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Neutrality -- Switzerland.
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Colonies -- Africa.
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Cold War.
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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-
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Colonies. (OCoLC)fst00868456
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Diplomatic relations. (OCoLC)fst01907412
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Neutrality. (OCoLC)fst01036590
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Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239509
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Sub-Saharan Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239520
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Switzerland. (OCoLC)fst01205401
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HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.
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Cold War (1945-1989) (OCoLC)fst01754978
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| Chronological Term |
Since 1960
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Widmer, Sabina. Switzerland and Sub-Saharan Africa in the Cold War, 1967-1979. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] 9004464026 9789004464025 (DLC) 2021035334 (OCoLC)1264723343 |
| ISBN |
9789004469617 (electronic book) |
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9004469613 (electronic book) |
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