- Title:
- Empire of Liberation: Investigating Soviet Activity in Africa from Khrushchev to Gorbachev
- Creator:
- Beudot, Ezra Kearney
- Date Created:
- 2020
- Degree Awarded:
- Master of Arts
- Subjects:
- Russian and Soviet
- Geographical Focus:
- Africa USSR
- Supporting Materials:
- n/a
- Description:
- Africa is often treated as an inconsequential sideshow in the Cold War, with Soviet activity in Africa during this period being discussed only in a regional or sub-regional context. This reduces scholastic understanding of Soviet activity in Africa and Africa's role as a theatre in a truly global Cold War. This thesis is not a survey of Soviet interactions with African partners, but an investigation of trends in Soviet policy towards Africa that become evident with a wider lens. This approach places Soviet activity in a continental and global perspective. This project focuses specifically on the post-Stalin era between 1953 and 1991. While Soviet leaders hesitantly collaborated to defeat the United States and its allies in what the Soviets considered a zero-sum game, this project concludes there was no grand plan towards Africa. This allows for a better understanding of the trajectory of present Russian relations with African states.
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- Beudot, Ezra Kearney. 2020. "Empire of Liberation: Investigating Soviet Activity in Africa from Khrushchev to Gorbachev", Department of History, Carleton University
- Link to this page:
- https://cuhistory.github.io/grads/items/hist_12.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Copyright the author, all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.