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...

This book examines the role of Soviet energy during the Cold War. Based on hitherto little known documents from Western and Eastern European archives, it combines the story of Soviet oil and gas with general Cold War history. This volume breaks new ground by framing Soviet energy in a...

Bei der Darstellung der Gorbatschowschen Deutschlandpolitik wird in dieser Studie von einer Unterteilung in fünf Phasen ausgegangen. Dabei wird versucht,die Wechselwirkung sowjetischer Innen- und Außenpolitik sowie ihre Verknüpfung mit der Deutschlandpolitik Moskaus nachzuweisen. Der...