Archival Significance
Co-authored by A. W. Singham, a political scientist closely associated with scholarship on the Non-Aligned Movement, this study examines NAM’s place in Cold War-era international politics, published simultaneously across the UK, USA and Zimbabwe, itself a NAM member state, a marker of the book’s genuinely global intended readership.
Institutional Context
Co-published by Zed Books (UK), Lawrence Hill and Co. (USA), and The College Press (Zimbabwe), reflecting the coordinated multi-territory distribution typical of serious Cold War-era political scholarship aimed at Global South as well as Western readership.
Content Summary
Analyses the Non-Aligned Movement’s political positioning and coherence within the wider structure of Cold War alignment.
Research Utility
Useful for researchers of Cold War international relations and of Zimbabwe’s own diplomatic positioning within the Non-Aligned Movement during the 1980s.
Abantu Archives Note
Held in-house.