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

Title

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

Summary

• "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"-- Provided by publisher.

Names

• Widmer, Sabina, author

Created / Published

• Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]

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.

Headings

• -  Cold War
• -  Colonies--Africa
• -  Neutrality--Switzerland
• -  Africa, Sub-Saharan--Foreign relations--Switzerland
• -  Africa, Sub-Saharan--History--1960
• -  Switzerland--Foreign relations--Africa, Sub-Saharan

Notes

• -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 electronic resource (xvii, 358 pages )

Call Number/Physical Location

• DQ76.A47

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2021758617

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2021758617

Rights Advisory

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode External

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

• image
• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2021758617

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