This volume examines the USSR's involvement in West Africa during the 1950s and 1960s as aid donor, trade partner, and political inspiration for the first post-independence governments in Ghana, Guinea, and Mali. Buoyed by solid economic performance in the 1950s, the USSR opened itself up to the...

Introduction: Economic Statecraft Revisited 1. - 1. Countering the China Embargo and the Origins of the PRC's Economic Statecraft, 1949-1955 21. - 2. Seeking Soviet Aid While Resisting Moscow's Influence, 1953-1963 59. - 3. Transforming Economic Diplomacy While Aiding African and Asian...