Crisis In Africa

Battleground Of East And West

Arthur Gavshon

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Routledge
18 April 2019

Regional studies; Regional geography

The great power rivalry surging across Africa today is a heritage of those European statesmen who a century ago in Berlin ruled straight lines on school atlases to carve up a continent—and whole nations with it—into tidy colonial compartments. With African states searching for a political identity in the post-colonial era, the superpowers are now j

By: Arthur Gavshon
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367015343
ISBN 10: 036701534X
Pages: 322
Publication Date: 18 April 2019
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part One: East-West Confrontation in Africa 1. Overview 2. Realities 3. The Arms Race Part Two: The Communist Powers in Africa 4. The Soviet Union 5. Cuba 6. China Part Three: The Western Powers in Africa 7. The United States 8. France 9. Britain Part Four: Two Case Histories 10. Angola 11. The Horn of Africa

Arthur Gavshon has been writing about international affairs since serving with South Africa's volunteer army during World War II. As a diplomatic correspondent, he has attended most post-war summit conferences, built up a wide network of diplomatic and political friends and sources, and interviewed and talked informally with successive heads of government in Europe, the United States, Africa, and Asia.