A Distant Front in the Cold War
Author | : Sergeĭ Vasilʹevich Mazov |
Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010 |
ISBN-10 | : 0804760594 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780804760591 |
Rating | : 4/5 (591 Downloads) |
Download or read book A Distant Front in the Cold War written by Sergeĭ Vasilʹevich Mazov and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Africa, this was a critical period characterized by decolonization and the formation of African countries' first foreign policies. The United States and the Soviet Union both hoped to win the sympathies of the newly established states, and Sergey Mazov's book is the first account of that competition, which the Soviet Union lost, largely through ignorance of the region.