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

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Widmer, Sabina (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Series:New perspectives on the Cold War ; v. 8.
Subjects:
Since 1960
Neutrality > Switzerland.
Colonies > Africa.
Cold War.
Neutralité > Suisse.
Guerre froide.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
Colonies
Diplomatic relations
Neutrality
Switzerland > Foreign relations > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Africa, Sub-Saharan > Foreign relations > Switzerland.
Africa, Sub-Saharan > History > 1960-
Suisse > Relations extérieures > Afrique subsaharienne.
Afrique subsaharienne > Relations extérieures > Suisse.
Afrique subsaharienne > Histoire > 1960-
Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Switzerland
Humanities
The Cold War
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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