- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- U.S.-Soviet arms transfer to Africa: the cases of Ethiopia and Somalia and the implication for international and regional security 1970-1984, 1989
- Creator:
- Okorn, Nchor Bichene
- Date of Original:
- 1989-05-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
dissertations - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- This dissertation concerns superpower arms transfer to Ethiopia and Somalia between 1970 and 1984 and the implication of this arms transfer on international and regional security. The researcher employed the historical method by using a three-phase periodization scheme of five years each detailing the arms supplied to the two African countries by the superpowers. This classification scheme allowed for evenness in the time analysis involved in the research. In fulfilling this task, the researcher employed national interest as the conceptual and theoretical framework most appropriate in analyzing superpower arms transfer policies. The major contention of this author is that superpower supply of arms to Ethiopia and Somalia is mainly to satisfy their national interest goals which could be geopolitical, ideological, economic and political. The writer proceeded further to argue that this arms transfer has had major negative consequences for the international community, regional security and national development and security goals of the recipient nations in Africa. The analysis explored international efforts by the superpowers, the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity (OAU) to restrain arms transfer and the results experienced. The study concluded with a specific plan of action in time and scope on how disarmament can best be achieved.
Degree type: dissertation
Degree name: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department: Department of Political Science
Advisor: Makidi, Ku Ntima - Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1989_okorn_nchor_bichene.pdf
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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