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

• Superior document: New Perspectives on the Cold War Series ; Volume 8
• VerfasserIn: Widmer, Sabina,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: New perspectives on the Cold War ; Volume 8.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

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.

Table of Contents

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.