Henry Kissinger and US policy in the South of Africa

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The article deals with the American policy towards the southern Africa in the era of Henry Kissinger. The main driving force behind that enterprise in this direction was the National Security Advisor and US Secretary of State during the Nixon-Ford administration. The author examines how US relations to the southern portion of this continent, Angola in particular, unfolds from virtually non-existent to almost full-scale intervention in 1970s - and makes findings of the Kissinger’s dealings with the issue.

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Sergei G. Karamaev

Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: tiomkin@gmail.com
Moscow, Russian Federation

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