Warsaw Pact Intervention in the Third World

Philip Muehlenbeck is a professorial lecturer in history at the George Washington University. He is author of Czechoslovakia in Africa, 1945-1968 and Betting on the Africans: John F. Kennedy's Courting of African Nationalist Leaders, as well as editor of several collections. Natalia Telepneva is a post-doctoral fellow at University College London and a member of the international Socialism Goes Global research project team. She completed her PhD at the London School of Economics.

• Introduction Philip E. Muehlenbeck, George Washington University & Natalia Telepneva, University College London Czechoslovakia Chapter 1: The Warsaw Pact and British GuianaJan Koura, Charles University and Robert Anthony Waters, Jr., Ohio Northern University Chapter 2: Eastern Bloc Intelligence and the Congo Crisis, 1955–64 Natalia Telepneva, University College London Chapter 3: Czechoslovak Assistance to Kenya & Uganda, 1962–8 Philip E. Muehlenbeck, George Washington University Poland Chapter 4:“I have to say that Cyrankiewicz touring Asia left a very anti-Soviet mark.” Poland, the 1957 Goodwill Tour in Asia, and the Post-October Diplomacy Marek W. Rutkowski, National University of Singapore Chapter 5: Lost Illusions: Communist Poland’s Involvements in Africa during the Cold WarPrzemys?aw Gasztold-Se?, Institute of National Remembrance/Warsaw University East Germany Chapter 6: Health-Related Activities of the German Democratic Republic in West Africa during the 1960s Iris Borowy, RWTH Aachen/Birkbeck University, London Chapter 7: The Inter-German Cold War and the GDR’s Search for Recognition in Tanzania, 1964–72 George Roberts, University of Warwick Romania Chapter 8: Romania Blocks Mongolia’s Accession to the Warsaw Treaty Organization: The Roots of Romania’s Involvement in the Sino-Soviet DisputeElena Dragomir, Valahia University of Târgovi?te (Romania) Chapter 9: The Third World As Strategic Option: Romanian Relations with Developing States Larry L. Watts, University of Bucharest Bulgaria Chapter 10: Bulgaria and Warsaw Pact Policy in the Developing World Jordan Baev, Rakovski National Defense Academy, Sofia Hungary Chapter 11: Hungary and the Middle East, 1955-75 Csaba Békés, Corvinus University of Budapest and Dániel Vékony, Corvinus University of Budapest Chapter 12: Relations between Hungary and Brazil in a Latin American Framework, 1955–75 Bernadett Lehoczki, Corvinus University of Budapest

This volume is a major step forward in considering the multiple ways that the Third World ?gured in NSWP policies, and many of the essays weave this story together with the internal machinations of the Pact itself ... It will be an invaluable starting point for anyone who wants to take the Warsaw Pact states seriously as independent actors, and a pointer for future researchers who should start pulling on the threads exposed by these authors.