Buried in the Sands of the Ogaden – The United States, the Horn of Africa and t…

Buried in the Sands of the OgadenThe United States, the Horn of Africa and the Demise of Dtente\nAuthor(s): Louise P. Woodroofe\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Kent State University Press, United States\nImprint: Kent State University Press\nISBN-13: 9781606351840, 978-1606351840\nSynopsis\nWhen the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) between the Soviet Union and United States faltered during the administration of Jimmy Carter, National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski claimed that SALT lies buried in the sands of the Ogaden. How did superpower dtente survive Vietnam but stumble in the Horn of Africa? Historian Louise Woodroofe takes Brzezinski's claim as a starting point to analyse superpower relations during the 1970s, and in so doing she reveals how conflict in East Africa became a critical turning point in the ongoing Cold War battle for supremacy.\n\nDespite representing the era of dtente, the 1970s superficially appeared to be one of Soviet successes and American setbacks..