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Cuba's Involvement in Africa: An Interpretation of Objectives, Reactions, and Limitations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Wolf Grabendorff
Wolf Grabendorff*
Affiliation:
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politick, Forschungsinstitut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, D-8026 Ebenhausen, Federal Republic of Germany
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Any examination of the Cuban involvement in Africa should take into consideration the political conditions surrounding such involvement. Only by analyzing the objectives and motivations of those involved, while disregarding any arguments in justification, can one adequately demonstrate the complexity of the relations between Cuba and its African allies. An analysis of Cuba's assessment of its own political and ideological function in Africa or of the objectives of the Soviet Union in Africa is not as important as an examination of the African expectations arising from Cuban military and development aid.

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Research Article
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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , February 1980 , pp. 3 - 29
Copyright
Copyright © University of Miami 1980

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