 | The Soviet Union and Cuba 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; The Soviet Union and Cuba (1987) examines the thesis that Cuba acted as an extension of Soviet foreign policy or surrogate of the USSR in the Third World. The Soviet-Cuban link is assessed in four conflicts: Angola, Ethiopia, Grenada and Nicaragua. It is shown that Cuba is largely an autonomous actor in international relations, and that bilateral influence flows in both directions. Thus Western reaction to Cuban and Soviet activity in the Third World is often based on misperceptions. Peter Shearman |
