The Foreign Policy of the GDR in Africa
This book presents the first comprehensive account of the foreign policy of East Germany in Africa from the early 1950s to the present day. The author challenges the conventional notion that the GDR's role in Africa is solely that of a proxy for the USSR. Instead, as he convincingly argues, East German foreign policy in general and in Africa in particular, should be understood as a strategy both in pursuit of affiliation with the USSR and in search of international recognition and legitimacy.
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The Foreign Policy of the GDR in Africa
This book presents the first comprehensive account of the foreign policy of East Germany in Africa from the early 1950s to the present day. The author challenges the conventional notion that the GDR's role in Africa is solely that of a proxy for the USSR. Instead, as he convincingly argues, East German foreign policy in general and in Africa in particular, should be understood as a strategy both in pursuit of affiliation with the USSR and in search of international recognition and legitimacy.
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The Foreign Policy of the GDR in Africa

The Foreign Policy of the GDR in Africa

by Gareth M. Winrow
The Foreign Policy of the GDR in Africa

The Foreign Policy of the GDR in Africa

by Gareth M. Winrow

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This book presents the first comprehensive account of the foreign policy of East Germany in Africa from the early 1950s to the present day. The author challenges the conventional notion that the GDR's role in Africa is solely that of a proxy for the USSR. Instead, as he convincingly argues, East German foreign policy in general and in Africa in particular, should be understood as a strategy both in pursuit of affiliation with the USSR and in search of international recognition and legitimacy.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521122597
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/05/2009
Series: Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies , #78
Pages: 312
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

List of tables; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The development of GDR relations with Africa in the pre-recognition period; 3. The GDR in Africa in the 1970s; 4. East German military/security involvement in Africa; 5. East German economic relations with Africa; 6. The GDR in Africa in the 1980s; 7. Conclusion; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.
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