Buried in the Sands of the Ogaden: The United States, the Horn of Africa, and the Demise of Detente

Name: Buried in the Sands of the Ogaden: The United States, the Horn of Africa, and the Demise of Detente
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ISBN: 9781606351840

ISBN-10: 1606351842

ISBN-13: 9781606351840

Edition: 2013

Authors: Louise P. Woodroofe

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When the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) between the Soviet Union and United States faltered during the administration of Jimmy Carter, National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski claimed that "SALT lies buried in the sands of the Ogaden." How did superpower détente survive Vietnam but stumble in the Horn of Africa? Historian Louise Woodroofe takes Brzezinski's claim as a starting point to analyze superpower relations during the 1970s, and in so doing she reveals how conflict in East Africa became a critical turning point in the ongoing Cold War battle for supremacy.Despite representing the era of détente, the 1970s superficially appeared to be one of Soviet successes and American…

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List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Kent State Univ Pr
Binding: Cloth Text
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



"I Hadn't the Foggiest Idea."



"Why Just 'Wait and See'?"



"We Have Expressed Our Concern to the Soviets."



"Where the Two of Us Part"



"No Soviet Napoleon in Africa"


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index