Arrested development : the Soviet Union in Ghana, Guinea, and Mali, 1955-1968 / Alessandro Iandolo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Iandolo, Alessandro, 1983- author.

Series:

Cornell scholarship online.

Cornell scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic assistance, Soviet--Ghana.

Economic assistance, Soviet.

Economic assistance, Soviet--Guinea.

Economic assistance, Soviet--Mali.

Soviet Union--Relations--Ghana.

Soviet Union.

Ghana--Relations--Soviet Union.

Ghana.

Soviet Union--Relations--Guinea.

Guinea--Relations--Soviet Union.

Guinea.

Soviet Union--Relations--Mali.

Mali--Relations--Soviet Union.

Mali.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 pages)

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2022.

Summary:

'Arrested Development' 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 world and launched a series of programs aimed at supporting the search for economic development in newly independent countries in Africa and Asia. These countries, emerging from decades of colonial domination, looked at the USSR as an example to strengthen political and economic independence. Based on extensive research in Russian and West African archives, Alessandro Iandolo explores the ideas that guided Soviet engagement in West Africa, investigates the projects that the USSR sponsored 'on the ground,' and analyzes their implementation and legacy.

Contents:

A Farewell to Arms

Brave New World

First Contact

The Heart of the Matter

Things Fall Apart

The End of the Affair.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 19, 2023).

Also issued in print: 2022.

ISBN:

9781501785054

1501785052

9781501764455

1501764454

OCLC:

1322184893