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The superpowers and the Third World

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CassenRobert (ed.), Soviet Interests in the Third World, London, Beverly Hills and New Delhi: Sage, 1985, 329 pp., £10.50.

ClawsonRobert W. (ed.), East-West Rivalry in the Third World, Delaware: Scholarly Resources,1986, 348 pp.

GoldblatJozef (ed.), Non-Proliferation: The Why and the Wherefore, London and Philadelphia: Taylor and Francis,. 1985, 343 pp.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2009

Extract

The ideological divide which informs the current superpower competition, and the nuclear context in which that competition takes place, reinforce the tendency of the superpowers to view other actors in the system with covetous eyes. These two factors also have a great bearing on how the United States and the Soviet Union are perceived by the Third World states.

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Review Article
Copyright
Copyright © British International Studies Association 1987

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