For Africa, this was a critical period characterized by decolonization and the formation of African countries' first foreign policies. The United States and the Soviet Union both hoped to win the sympathies of the newly established states, and Sergey Mazov's book is the first account of that competition, which the Soviet Union lost, largely through ignorance of the region.
Mazov presents evidence from previously inaccessible or unknown documents in Russian and U.S. archives, as well as an international sampling of recent scholarly works. The rich historical account pays particular attention to the repercussions of Soviet West African experience on future Soviet foreign policy, especially in the Third World.
For Africa, this was a critical period characterized by decolonization and the formation of African countries' first foreign policies. The United States and the Soviet Union both hoped to win the sympathies of the newly established states, and Sergey Mazov's book is the first account of that competition, which the Soviet Union lost, largely through ignorance of the region.
Mazov presents evidence from previously inaccessible or unknown documents in Russian and U.S. archives, as well as an international sampling of recent scholarly works. The rich historical account pays particular attention to the repercussions of Soviet West African experience on future Soviet foreign policy, especially in the Third World.
A Distant Front in the Cold War: The USSR in West Africa and the Congo, 1956-1964
256
A Distant Front in the Cold War: The USSR in West Africa and the Congo, 1956-1964
256Hardcover
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780804760591 |
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| Publisher: | Stanford University Press |
| Publication date: | 10/15/2010 |
| Series: | Cold War International History Project |
| Pages: | 256 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d) |