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Title: | Moscow, Angola and the dialectics of détente |
Author: | Larrabee, Stephen |
Year: | 1976 |
Periodical: | The World Today: Chatham House Review |
Volume: | 32 |
Issue: | 5 |
Pages: | 173-182 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Soviet Union Angola United States |
Subjects: | national liberation struggles detente |
Abstract: | One of the most important - and disconcerting - features of the changes in African politics precipitated by the Portuguese coup in April 1974 has been the attempt by the Soviet Union to exploit the ensuing instability to its political advantage. In addition to its known presence in Guinea, Mali and Somalia, Moscow also had advisers in Nigeria and Uganda to which it has stepped up its shipments of military aid and equipment in the last few years. The major focus of its attention recently has been Angola. Soviet aid to the MPLA enabled this liberation movement to defeat its major rivals, the FNLA and Unita. Angola has now become the touchstone of détente and of the ability of the United States to contain the further expansion of Soviet power in the Third World. This is illustrated in this article. Notes. |