Symbiosis and Revolution: The Soviet Encounter with the War in Dhofar

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Titre

Symbiosis and Revolution: The Soviet Encounter with the War in Dhofar

Créateur

Casula, Philipp Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Date

2021

Dans

Contemporary European History Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Résumé

This article discusses how the Soviet Union perceived and related to Middle Eastern revolutionary movements, using a case study from South Yemen and the War in Dhofar. This specific Soviet encounter will be analysed through selected Soviet material from published and archival sources. The article highlights how Soviet representatives assessed prospects for socialism in Yemen, and how they interacted with their partners on the ground. The article is divided into three parts: the first discusses the theoretical debates in Soviet academia and the press, the second section contrasts these theoretical views with Middle Eastern ‘socialist’ theories during the Cold War and the third shows how a symbiosis developed between Soviet and Yemeni institutions and organisations. The article argues that due to an Orientalist take on South Yemen and Dhofar, the Soviet side could not appreciate the political importance and potential of socialist currents in the region, reducing cooperation to ‘pragmatism’.

Langue

eng

volume

30

numéro

4

pages

562-580

Titre abrégé

Contemporary European History

Symbiosis and Revolution

doi

10.1017/S0960777321000357

issn

0960-7773, 1469-2171

uri

https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0960777321000357/type/journal_article

Casula, Philipp, “Symbiosis and Revolution: The Soviet Encounter with the War in Dhofar”, 2021, bibliographie, consulté le 18 octobre 2024, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/23542