Switzerland and Sub-Saharan Africa in the Cold War, 1967-1979 : Neutrality Meets Decolonisation / / Sabina Widmer

• Autore: Widmer Sabina
• Pubblicazione: Brill, 2021; Leiden; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2021
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 327.49406709/047
• Soggetto topico: Colonies; Diplomatic relations; Neutrality; Cold War; Colonies - Africa; Neutrality - Switzerland
• Soggetto geografico: Africa, Sub-Saharan Foreign relations Switzerland; Africa, Sub-Saharan History 1960-; Switzerland Foreign relations Africa, Sub-Saharan
• Soggetto non controllato: Humanities; The Cold War
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material / Sabina Widmer -- Copyright page / Sabina Widmer -- Dedication / Sabina Widmer -- Acknowledgements / Sabina Widmer -- Abbreviations / Sabina Widmer -- Introduction / Sabina Widmer -- Chapter 1 A Non-colonial Power in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa / Sabina Widmer -- Part 1 The Struggle for National Liberation during the Last Phase of European Colonialism, 1967-1974 / Sabina Widmer -- Introduction to Part 1 / Sabina Widmer -- Chapter 2 Countering Criticism from the Third World: Switzerland's Stance on White Minority Rule / Sabina Widmer -- Chapter 3 Negotiating Foreign Policy on the Domestic Front: Non-state Actors and Portuguese Colonialism / Sabina Widmer -- Conclusion to Part 1 / Sabina Widmer -- Part 2 A Shift in Cold War Alliances: Radical Regime Changes in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1967-1979 / Sabina Widmer -- Introduction to Part 2 / Sabina Widmer -- Chapter 4 Attempting to Keep a Low Profile: The Revolutions in Somalia and Ethiopia / Sabina Widmer -- Chapter 5 Getting Out of a Foreign Policy Impasse: The Decolonisation of Angola and Mozambique / Sabina Widmer -- Chapter 6 Improving Switzerland's Image: Relations with Independent Mozambique / Sabina Widmer -- Conclusion to Part 2 / Sabina Widmer -- Part 3 Armed Conflicts in Africa and the Renewal of Cold War Tensions, 1975-1979 / Sabina Widmer -- Introduction to Part 3 / Sabina Widmer -- Chapter 7 Manoeuvring through the East-West and North-South Conflict: The Angolan War / Sabina Widmer -- Chapter 8 Retaining Western Influence in Africa: The Ogaden War / Sabina Widmer -- Conclusion to Part 3 / Sabina Widmer -- Conclusion / Sabina Widmer -- Bibliography / Sabina Widmer -- Index / Sabina Widmer.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Neutrality Meets Decolonisation
• Titolo autorizzato: Switzerland and Sub-Saharan Africa in the Cold War, 1967-1979
• ISBN: 90-04-46961-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910520106303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New Perspectives on the Cold War ; ; 8.