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Author Yordanov, Radoslav A., 1979- author.

Title The Soviet Union and the Horn of Africa during the Cold War : between ideology and pragmatism / Radoslav A. Yordanov.

Publication Info. Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xxxi, 293 pages).
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Series The Harvard Cold War studies book series
Harvard Cold War studies book series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Rediscovering the Horn: September 1947-july 1960 -- Enter Somalia: July 1960-October 1969 -- Hedging bets in Addis Ababa: February 1964-October 1969 -- Engaging Mogadishu: October 1969-March 1976 -- Ethiopia in turmoil: February 1974-December 1976 -- Bidding on the power of diplomacy: February-July 1977 -- Diplomacy of power, unleashed: August-November 1977 -- Ethiopia, the unwieldy ally: December 1978-March 1985 -- The road to withdrawal: March 1985-March 1991 -- Conclusion: empire on the edge.
Summary Based on original research and previously unpublished material, this study reevaluates the Soviet Union's involvement in the Horn of Africa and traces the evolution of Moscow's foreign policy toward Somalia and Ethiopia during the Cold War.
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Subject Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Ethiopia.
Soviet Union.
International relations.
Ethiopia.
Ethiopia -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Somalia.
Somalia.
Somalia -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1991.
Chronological Term 1945-1991
Subject Cold War.
Cold War (1945-1989)
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
Diplomatic relations.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Yordanov, Radoslav A., 1979- Soviet Union and the Horn of Africa during the Cold War. Lanham : Lexington Books, 2016 9781498529099 (DLC) 2016000942
ISBN 9781498529105 (electronic book)
1498529100 (electronic book)
9781498529099 (hardcover alkaline paper)
1498529097 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9781498529112 pbk)
1498529119 (paperback)