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A Spectre is Haunting Arabia: How the Germans Brought Their Communism to Yemen
- Source :
- Edition Politik
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- transcript Verlag, 2015.
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Abstract
- Radical ideologies may manifest differently at first, but they do follow a similar logic: truth claims, promises of salvation and a unifying common enemy. In Yemen's transition process today, the secessionist movement Al-Hirak has summoned the spirit of South Yemen, the only Marxist state in Arabia. This book meticulously describes how East Germany supported the implantation of this alien ideology in Yemen through its policy of »Socialist state- and nation-building«. In the same breath, the analysis captures the GDR's activities in the Middle East and their vital role in Moscow's Cold War strategy. Last but least, the study provides one of the few compact overviews of East German foreign policy in the English language of today.
- Subjects :
- allgemeine Geschichte
History
Jemen
Yemen
German Democratic Republic (GDR)
cold war
political influence
Internationale Beziehungen
DDR
Middle East
Geschichte
political development
political ideology
politische Ideologie
Außenpolitik
politisches System
arabische Länder
politische Entwicklung
General History
international relations
political system
politischer Einfluss
Kalter Krieg
Arab countries
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
UdSSR
foreign policy
internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik
Nahost
ddc:900
ddc:327
USSR
Subjects
Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Edition Politik
- Accession number :
- edsair.od......1272..40dd583ad01b2222e4fdfcaef58c6f88