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Battleground of the superpowers: Africa in the Cold War |
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Authors: |
Chouliaras, Asterios Petropoulos, Sotirios |
Reviewer: |
Roussos, Sotirios |
Subject: | LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > POLITICAL SCIENCES > INTERNATIONAL POLITICS > INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > DEMOGRAPHY > HUMAN GEOGRAPHY > POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > POLITICAL SCIENCES > INTERNATIONAL POLITICS LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > POLITICAL SCIENCES > FOREIGN POLICY LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > POLITICAL SCIENCES > INTERNATIONAL POLITICS > INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM > GEOPOLITICS |
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Abstract: |
During the Cold War period, Africa was a battleground for competition between the two superpowers, primarily through proxy wars. This chapter describes how the West supported authoritarian regimes solely based on their anti-communist stance. Particularly in the Horn of Africa and former Portuguese colonies, hundreds of thousands of Africans lost their lives in cold war conflicts. The chapter also analyzes how fluctuations in tension and détente between the superpowers influenced internal developments in Africa.
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Technical Editors: |
Loukeri, Sofia |
Type: |
Chapter |
Creation Date: | 2015 |
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License: |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/gr |
Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/2379 |
Bibliographic Reference: | Chouliaras, A., & Petropoulos, S. (2015). Battleground of the superpowers: Africa in the Cold War [Chapter]. In Chouliaras, A., & Petropoulos, S. 2015. Africa and the Others [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/2379 |
Language: |
Greek |
Is Part of: |
Africa and the Others |
Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |