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West Germany and Namibia's Path to Independence, 1969-1990 : Foreign Policy and Rivalry with East Germany /

Namibia's main liberation movement, the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO), relied heavily on outside support for its armed struggle against South Africa's occupation of what it called South West Africa. While East Germany's solidarity with Namibia's struggle fo...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kern, Thorsten (Autor)
Otros Autores: Saunders, Christopher C. (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019
Colección:Basel Namibia studies series ; 21.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-266) and index. 
505 0 |a The origins of rivalry over Namibia -- Political Parties and SWAPO -- SWAPO : the Bundestag and the Foreign Office -- The decision-making process regarding Namibia -- East and West German rivalry : the mid-to-late 1970s -- East and West German rivalry : the early to mid-1980s -- The mid-to-late 1980s -- Conclusion. 
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520 |a Namibia's main liberation movement, the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO), relied heavily on outside support for its armed struggle against South Africa's occupation of what it called South West Africa. While East Germany's solidarity with Namibia's struggle for national self-determination has received attention, little research has been done on West Germany's policy towards Namibia, which must be seen against the backdrop of inter-German rivalry. The impact of the wider realities of the Cold War on Namibia's rocky path to independence leaves ample room for research and new interpretations. In West Germany and Namibia's Path to Independence, 1969-1990: Foreign Policy and Rivalry with East Germany, Thorsten Kern shows that German division played a vital role in West Germany's position towards Namibia during the Cold War. West German foreign policy towards Namibia, at the height of the Namibian liberation struggle, is investigated and discussed against the backdrop of rivalry with East Germany. The two states' deeply diverging policies, characterised in this context by competition for infuence over SWAPO, were strongly affected by the Cold War rivalry between the capitalist West and the communist East. Yet ultimately the dynamics of rapprochement helped to bring about Namibia's independence. This book is based upon a doctoral dissertation presented to the University of Cape Town in 2016. Kern conducted research in the National Archives of Namibia and in German archives and his work draws on interviews with contemporary witnesses. 
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