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Switzerland and Sub-Saharan Africa in the Cold War, 1967-1979 : neutrality meets decolonisation /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Widmer, Sabina (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Colección:New perspectives on the Cold War ; v. 8.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.