| Warsaw Pact Intervention in the Third World: Aid and Influence in the Cold War Contributor(s): Muehlenbeck, Philip E. (Editor), Telepneva, Natalia (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0755600126 ISBN-13: 9780755600120 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $46.48 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Modern - 20th Century - Political Science | International Relations - Trade & Tariffs |
| Series: International Library of Twentieth Century History |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.94 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It was long assumed that the Soviet Union dictated Warsaw Pact policy in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America (known as the 'Third World' during the Cold War). Although the post-1991 opening of archives has demonstrated this to be untrue, there has still been no holistic volume examining the topic in detail. This important book fills that void and examines the agency of these states - Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania - and their international interactions during the 'discovery' of the 'Third World' from the 1950s to the 1970s. Building upon recent scholarship and working from a diverse range of new archival sources, contributors study the diplomacy of the eastern and central European communist states to reveal their myriad motivations and goals (importantly often in direct conflict with Soviet directives). This work, the first revisionist review of the role of the junior members as a whole, will be of interest to all scholars of the Cold War, whatever their geographical focus. |