 | Gorbachev's Third World Dilemmas Subjects: Area Studies; Humanities; Politics & International Relations; Central Asian Russian & Eastern European Studies; History; Military & Strategic Studies; International Politics; International Relations; Political Philosophy; Security Studies - Pol & Intl Relns; Political Behavior and Participation; European Politics; European History; World/ International History; Contemporary History 1945-; Military & Naval History; The Cold War; Military Studies; Security Studies - Military & Strategic; Strategic Studies; Russian & Soviet Politics; Foreign Policy; Marxism & Communism; Conflict Resolution; War & Conflict Studies; 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. Kurt M. Campbell and S. Neil MacFarlane |
