The Soviet Union and the Strategy of Non-Alignment in the Third World
Published on 15. December 1988
Book
Hardback
308 pages
978-0-521-35511-7 (ISBN)
Description
This study investigates the overall Soviet conception of non-alignment in the Third World and assesses Soviet policy in relation to this issue. The author argues that official Soviet encouragement for the policy of non-alignment and Soviet support for the programme of the Non-Aligned Movement in the 1960s and 1970s have been part of a broad Soviet strategy aimed at weakening and ultimately supplanting Western military and political ties with Third World states. Soviet officials have been reluctant, therefore, to view neutrality, nuetralism or non-alignment as concepts or policies which denote an intermediate status between the blocs. This study assesses the implications of such perceptions for Soviet policy and considers how far Soviet leaders have accepted the independent foreign policy aspirations of non-aligned states.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
653 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-35511-7 (9780521355117)
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Content
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Soviet view of non-alignment in the international order; 2. The Soviet Union and the search for international security by the non-aligned states; 3. Soviet policy and neutralisation in the Third World; 4. Soviet policy and military alignment in the Third World; Conclusion; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.