Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, and Africa : new perspectives on the Era of Decolonization, 1950s to 1990s / edited by Chris Saunders, Helder Adegar Fonseca, and Lena Dallywater.

"It is now widely recognised that a Cold War perspective falls short in unfolding the complex geographies of connections and the multipolarity of actions and transactions that were shaped through the movement of individuals and ideas from Africa to the "East" and from the "East" to Africa in the dec...

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Uniform Title:Dialectics of the global ; v. 15.
Other Authors: Saunders, Christopher C. (Editor)
Fonseca, Helder Adegar (Editor)
Dallywater, Lena (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2023]
Series:Dialectics of the global ; v. 15.
Subjects:
National liberation movements > Africa > History > 20th century.
Africa > Relations > Communist countries.
Communist countries > Relations > Africa.
Africa > History > 1960-
International relations.
National liberation movements.
Africa.
Communist countries.
Since 1900
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:viii, 372 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • On the Series
  • Contents
  • 1. Introduction / Lena Dallywater, Chris Saunders, and Helder Adegar Fonseca
  • Part I. Lusophone Connections
  • Introduction
  • 2. Choosing Eastern Partners: The First Phase of the "Angolan Revolution" (1960-1964) / Helder Adegar Fonseca
  • 3. UNITA, China, and the Soviet Bloc: Rivalries, Constraints, and Cooperation (1964-1974) / João Fusco Ribiero
  • 4. The Quest for the Solidarity of the World's Working Class: Luso-African Liberation Movements and the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) during the 1960s and early 1970s / Ana Moledo
  • 5. "We Have Made History": Yugoslav Visual Solidarity with FRELIMO's Struggle (1967-1975) / Alba Martín Luque
  • 6. Czechoslovak Experts in Independent Angola / Barbora Menclová
  • Part II. Southern African Entanglements
  • Introduction
  • 7. The Sino-Soviet Split and Soviet Policy towards Southern African Liberation Movements in the early 1960s / Alexandr Voevodskiy
  • 8. Between Socialism and Non-Alignment: The Basutoland Congress Party and the Soviet Bloc / Matteo Grilli
  • 9. Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, and the Ending of Apartheid in Southern Africa Reconsidered / Chris Saunders
  • 10. Soviet Diplomats and Apartheid: South Africa's Accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons / Robin E. Möser
  • Part III. Euro-African Complexities
  • Introduction
  • 11. Anti-Colonial Constellations: The Belgrade All-African Students Conference of 1962 / Nemanja Radonjić
  • 12. The Soviet Union and the Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970): Military and Technical Cooperation with the Federal Military Government of Nigeria / Sergey V. Mazov
  • 13. The Warsaw Pact and Libya: Economic, Political, and Military Relations, 1969-1989 / Radoslav Yordanov
  • 14. Shadows of the Past? Some South African and Ethiopian Legacies / Ulf Engel and Chris Saunders
  • List of Abbreviations
  • List of Contributors
  • Index.