This book analyses the policy of North American administrations in the Sahara conflict through the recently declassified documents of the Secretary of State. In its early years, the war in Western Sahara was in favour of the Saharawi side. The Polisario Front came to occupy more than 85% of the disputed territory. Morocco, with a far superior army, suffered successive defeats at the outset and was unable to establish its dominance over the claimed territories, despite the support of France, the Gulf powers and the United States. North American support for Hassan II was therefore essential to the subsequent development of the country.
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This book analyses the policy of the various US administrations in the Sahara, the nuanced differences between Democrats and Republicans, the strategies of the two Secretaries of State who most determined its conception, Kissinger and Brzezinski, and the line of action sustained until the arrival of Trump. By studying the declassified documents of the Secretary of State, the presidential archives of Ford, Carter and Reagan, and the CIA documents to which he had access, the author delves into the four fundamental spheres – diplomatic, political, economic and military – of North American involvement in the conflict.
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- Author : Domingo GarÍ
- Editor : Los Libros de la Catarata
- Date of publication : October 2021
- Number of pages : 224
- ISBN : 978-8413523507
- Price : 17,50 €