1st Edition

The Angolan War A Study In Soviet Policy In The Third World

By Arthur J Klinghoffer Copyright 1981
229 Pages
by Routledge

229 Pages
by Routledge

229 Pages
by Routledge

The Angolan War of 1975-1976 focused international attention on an area -long relegated to the sidelines of world diplomacy and accented the historical momentum toward black control of southern African states. This book is the first to examine why a localized conflict in a remote area was the object of such extensive global concern. Dr. Klinghoffer discusses both the Soviet and the Cuban roles in... Read more
The Tempestuous Teapot -- The Internal Dynamics -- The Lusitanian Matrix -- The Southern African Vortex -- The Continental African Dimension -- The Global Setting -- The American Dilemma -- The Chinese Entanglement -- The Cuban Connection -- The Postwar Momentum -- The Analytic Context

Biography

Arthur Jay Klinghoffer is professor of political science at Rutgers University and has traveled extensively in Africa (including Angola) and the Soviet Union. He is the author of numerous books, including

    Soviet Perspectives on African Socialism
and
    The Soviet Union and International Oil Politics,
and has had articles published in such journals as
    Africa Report
,
    African Affairs,
and
    International Relations.