ISBN:
9783906927169
Language:
English
Pages:
xiv, 270 Seiten
Series Statement:
Basel Namibia studies series 21
Series Statement:
Basel Namibia studies series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Kern, Thorsten West Germany and Namibia's Path to Independence, 1969-1990
Dissertation note:
Dissertation University of Cape Town 2016
DDC:
327.4306881
Keywords:
Geschichte 1969-1990
;
Politik
;
Rivalität
;
Internationale Politik
;
Entkolonialisierung
;
Außenpolitik
;
Politische Einstellung
;
Ursache
;
Entscheidungsfindung
;
Unabhängigkeitsbewegung
;
Deutschland
;
Namibia
;
Namibia
;
Deutschland
;
Deutschland
;
Deutschland
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Deutschland
;
Namibia
;
Außenpolitik
;
Geschichte 1969-1990
Abstract:
This thesis examines West Germany's relationship with Namibia between 1969 and 1990. It investigates West German foreign policy towards Namibia, at the height of the Namibian liberation struggle, against the backdrop of East and West German rivalry. It brings to light that the post-war division of Germany into two separate states significantly impacted both German states' policies towards Namibia. The Federal Republic of Germany's (FRG) changing approach towards the German Democratic Republic (GDR) is analysed in relation to the Federal Republic's shifting attitude towards the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO), Namibia's leading national liberation movement. It shows that the political dynamic that drove the normalisation of relations between East and West Germany played a key role in West Germany's move towards supporting SWAPO in the mid-to-late 1970. Furthermore, this thesis demonstrates that the Federal Republic's political landscape was dominated by political division over the issue of SWAPO's role in Namibia's future. This dissertation therefore examines the diverging views among political parties and its wider effects on shaping West Germany's policy towards Namibia. It calls to attention that political discord led to attempts by political factions to influence events in Namibia, independent of the Federal Government, through alternative instruments of foreign policy. Particular attention is also paid to the ideological underpinnings that promoted or hindered interactions and co-operation between East and West Germany in Namibia, on the one hand, and the two German states and SWAPO on the other. It reveals that West Germany's attitude towards SWAPO cannot be separated from the wider realities of the Cold War. In particular, it shows that the normalization of relations between West Germany and SWAPO can only be fully understood against the backdrop of intra-German rivalry
Note:
Register, Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 254-266
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