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Algeria and the Cold War: International Relations and the Struggle for Autonomy
Mohamed Lakhdar Ghettas
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Throughout the Cold War, Africa was a theatre for superpower rivalry. That the U.S and the Soviet Union used countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to their own advantage is well-known. Sub-Saharan countries also exploited Cold War hostilities in turn. But what role did countries in North Africa play?This book offers an international history of U.S-Algerian relations at the height of the Cold War. The Algerian president, Houari Boumediene, actively adjusted Algeria's foreign policy to promote the country's national development, pursuing its own commitment to non-alignment and 'Third World' leadership. Algeria's foreign policy was directly opposed to that of the U.S on ... Read more
Throughout the Cold War, Africa was a theatre for superpower rivalry. That the U.S and the Soviet Union used countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to their own advantage is well-known. Sub-Saharan countries also exploited Cold War hostilities in turn. But what role did countries in North Africa play?This book offers an international history of U.S-Algerian relations at the height of the Cold War. The Algerian president, Houari Boumediene, actively adjusted Algeria's foreign policy to promote the country's national development, pursuing its own commitment to non-alignment and 'Third World' leadership. Algeria's foreign policy was directly opposed to that of the U.S on ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784535155
SKU
V9781784535155
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About Mohamed Lakhdar Ghettas
Mohamed Lakhdar Ghettas is currently Project Officer at the Cordoba Foundation of Geneva and previously he initiated the Maghreb Studies Initiative within the Africa Affairs Programme at the London School of Economics IDEAS Centre for Diplomacy and Strategy. He has published several articles on the international affairs of North Africa and the Middle East. His PhD in International History is ... Read more
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