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