Communist Nations' Military Assistance


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This book looks at the military aid given by communist bloc countries to other bloc countries and to Third World nations. The authors analyze the military aid capabilities of communist donor nations, their specific motivations for offering military aid, and the policies and guidelines that govern arms assistance. They also discuss competitio







Politics, Trade, and Development


Book Description

This study analyses the objectives behind Soviet economic aid to non-communist Third World countries from 1955 through 1989. Policy implications of competing strategic and interactionist perspectives on Soviet-Third World relations are examined with respect to three objectives: politics, trade and development and tested against the record of Soviet aid allocations. The results reveal important similarities between the foreign aid objectives of the Soviet Union and the United States and generalise findings from previous studies of Western aid programs.