1st Edition

The Soviet Union and Cuba

By Peter Shearman Copyright 1987
114 Pages
by Routledge

114 Pages
by Routledge

114 Pages
by Routledge

The Soviet Union and Cuba (1987) examines the thesis that Cuba acted as an extension of Soviet foreign policy or surrogate of the USSR in the Third World. The Soviet-Cuban link is assessed in four conflicts: Angola, Ethiopia, Grenada and Nicaragua. It is shown that Cuba is largely an autonomous actor in international relations, and that bilateral influence flows in both directions. Thus Western... Read more

1. Introduction  2. The Early Years  3. Soviet Pragmatism under Brezhnev  4. The Institutionalization of the Relationship  5. The Angolan Civil War, 1975–6  6. The Conflict in the Horn, 1977–8  7. Central America and the Caribbean  8. Conclusions and Policy Implications

Biography

Peter Shearman