An edition of A distant front in the Cold War
(2010)
A distant front in the Cold War
the USSR in West Africa and the Congo, 1956-1964
by S. V. Mazov
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Foreign relations, Political and social views, Khrushchev, nikita sergeevich, 1894-1971, Africa, foreign relations, soviet union, Soviet union, foreign relations, africa, Congo (democratic republic), foreign relations, Soviet union, foreign relations, 1945-1991Times
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A distant front in the Cold War: the USSR in West Africa and the Congo, 1956-1964
2010, Woodrow Wilson Center Press, Stanford University Press
in English
0804760594 9780804760591
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Table of Contents
Building bridges, 1956-1959
From Stalinist dualism to Khrushchevian flexibility
Did Khrushchev have a special "African strategy"?
The Liberian debut of Soviet diplomacy
Establishing relations with Ghana
The beginning of the "Guinean experiment" and the superpowers' responses
Achievements and failures in the "year of Africa," 1960
The eruption of the Congo crisis : the first open challenge
The price of the "Guinean experiment" for the Soviet Union
Rapprochement with Ghana
The disintegration of the Mali Federation and the appearance of a new ally
Seeking more pragmatic approaches, 1961-1962
The final acts of the Congolese tragedy
The Guinean turn to the West
Ghana, the new "leading light of African freedom"
Debates over African socialism
and Soviet-Malian relations
The struggle for the soul of the West African elite, 1963-1964
The Sino-Soviet split and West Africa
To train "people with progressive views, sincere friends of the Soviet Union"
Political indoctrination on the spot
Regimes destined to fall.
Edition Notes
"Portions of this book were originally published as Politika SSSR v Zapadnoĭ Afrike, 1956-1964 : neizvestnye stranitsy istorii kholodnoĭ voĭny (Moscow : Nauka, 2008); translated by the author"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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