Third World Intervention in the Global Cold War: The German Federal Republic in Paraguay

Abstract: The following paper aims to contribute to the study of the Global Cold War and western interventionism in the so-called Third-World countries. Specifically, it explores the role of the Federal Republic of Germany, as a Western Bloc actor, in its bilateral relations with Paraguay under the Stroessner dictatorship (1954-1989), one of the longest and most repressive regimes in Latin America. Moreover, this study analyses the impact of the Global Cold War in the contemporary system of global governance and international order. The ideological and political dimensions of the Cold War, compounded with its military, economic and cultural confrontations, opened a window onto the rise of West-Germany as a prominent actor in international relations. An exploration of the case of its relations with Paraguay helps to achieve a broader understanding of how Third-World actors increased the spectrum of the conflict to a global level. By engaging in the study of this case within a historical persp.... https://www.globalhistories.com/index.php/GHSJ/article/view/379

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Third World Intervention in the Global Cold War: The German Federal Republic in Paraguay ; volume:6 ; number:1 ; day:31 ; month:12 ; year:2020 ; Global histories ; 6, Heft 1 (31.12.2020)

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Urheber: Venneri, Carla ; Kammer, Vincent

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: 10.17169/GHSJ.2020.379
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022011412033680402412
• Rechteinformation: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 15.08.2025, 07:30 MESZ