Gorbachev's Third World Dilemmas

Kurt M. Campbell, S. Neil Macfarlane, Kurt M. Campbell, S. Neil Macfarlane

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9781032376257
• eBook ISBN: 9781000805208
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Gorbachev's Third World Dilemmas (1989) examines the strategic, political and ideological criteria which shaped Soviet policies toward the developing world. Organized around particular themes and issues, it pays attention to both theoretical fundamentals in Soviet doctrine and to Soviet actions in specific regions. The topics range widely and include: the Soviet conception of regional security; Soviet arms transfers and military aid to the developing world; the developing world in Soviet military thinking; the USSR and crisis in the Caribbean; Soviet policy towards Southern Africa, notably Angola and Mozambique; and Soviet policy towards Southwest Africa. It looks at the activist foreign policy that Gorbachev inherited, and explores the elements of change and continuity that Gorbachev and the Soviets faced.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Tables
• The Editors
• The Contributors
• Foreword
• Introduction
• 1 The Soviet Conception of Regional Security
• 2 The evolution of the Brezhnev Doctrine under Gorbachev
• 3 Soviet Arms Transfers and Military Aid to the Third World
• 4 The Third World in Soviet Professional Military Thinking
• 5 The Soviet Union and Nuclear Nonproliferation
• 6 Soviet Policy and a Crisis Prevention Regime for the Third World
• 7 The USSR and Crisis in the Caribbean Basin
• 8 Soviet Policy in Southern Africa: Angola and Mozambique
• 9 Soviet Policy in Afghanistan
• Conclusion
• Index