This book analyses the causes of armed conflicts in Southern Africa during the Cold War. It examines the influence of the various external forces in the region during this period and their relationship to local movements and governments. The book focuses on states experiencing violent internal conflict and foreign intervention, that is Angola, Mozambique, Namibia , South Africa and Zimbabwe. The author provides an unique history of the key part that the Soviet Union played in these developments. Spanning 30 years, the book explores how each country struggled for genuine independence against colonialism and apartheid and their place in the wider conflicts encompassed by the Cold War.
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Russia's Quiet Revolution Paul Werth ... manuscript and must therefore accept greater responsibility for its faults : Andrew Jenks , Jay Johnson , Stephen Lovell , Laurie Manchester , Yekaterina Raykhlina , and William Rosenberg .
This book offers a profoundly different vision of Russia under Nicholas I. Drawing on an extensive array of sources, it reveals that many of modern Russia's most distinctive and outstanding features can be traced back to an inconspicuous ...
An assessment of modern Russia based on the personal archives of Stalin charges the country with failing to deal with past events that contributed to its collapse, in a report that also covers the tolerance of anti-Semitism and ongoing ...
她是詩人普希金嘴裡「俄國面向西方的窗口」 也是沙皇尼古拉二世口中「是俄國卻又不是俄國人的城市」 ...
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The studies in this report shed light on deep-seated and continuing problems of institutional legitimacy, widespread economic discontent and surging nationalism, providing insight into the downfall of the USSR and...
Столетие Великой Октябрьской социалистической революции не только заставляет нас оглянуться с интересом на «короткий» XX русский век (1917–1991), но и задуматься над тем, почему провалился великолепный социальный эксперимент по построению...
Mr. Berman gives a many-sided interpretation of the Soviet legal system in theory and in practice. He presents a threefold explanation of the development of Soviet law, rooted first in...