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

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 An...

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