num_pages: 241
description: The Horn of Africa, comprising Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and djibouti, provides an excellent model of the relations between superpowers and local states. This book argues that hostility between Somalia and Ethiopia, largely due to Somalia Irredentish, allowed the superpowers to establish a presence and, in the cold war period, to vie for supremacy in the Horn.
language: English
title: Superpower Diplomacy in the Horn of Africa
titlecomplete: Superpower Diplomacy in the Horn of Africa
publisher: Palgrave Macmillan