The Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and the Third World [Hardcover]

The studies in this 1988 volume examine various aspects of Soviet and East European policy towards the Third World.Soviet policy towards the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America underwent substantial expansion and change during the three decades since Khrushchev first initiated efforts to break out of the USSR's international isolation. This 1988 volume examine various aspects of Soviet and East European policy towards the Third World.Soviet policy towards the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America underwent substantial expansion and change during the three decades since Khrushchev first initiated efforts to break out of the USSR's international isolation. This 1988 volume examine various aspects of Soviet and East European policy towards the Third World.In this volume an international team of contributors examines various aspects of recent Soviet East European policy toward the Third World. The first group of essays are concerned with broad aspects of Soviet policy, including political relations, Soviet perceptions of insurgency and counter-insurgency, and the Soviet use of propaganda in the Third World. Part Two is concerned largely with economic affairs, and the concluding section includes specific case studies of Soviet relations with Syria and India.List of figures; List of tables; Foreword R. C. Elwood; Preface Roger E. Kanet; Part I. The Third World In Soviet Foreign Policy: 1. The Soviet Union and the Third World from Khrushchev to Gorbachev: the place of the Third World in evolving Soviet global strategy Roger E. Kanet; 2. Revolutionary change in the Third World: recent Soviet reassessments Elizabeth Kridl Valkenier; 3. Anti-Soviet insurgencies: growing trend or passiing phase? Mark N. Katz; 4. The Soviet Union and the New World information order Paul Roth; 5. Soviet propaganda and the process of national liberation Roger E. Kanet; Part II. CMEA Economic Involvement in the Third World: 6. Soviet economic policy in the Third World Heintich Machowl&