{"product_id":"arrested-development-the-soviet-union-in-ghana-guinea-and-mali-1955-1968-paperback-softback-9781501785054","title":"Arrested Development; The Soviet Union in Ghana, Guinea, and Mali, 1955–1968 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781501785054","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eArrested Development\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Soviet Union in Ghana, Guinea, and Mali, 1955–1968\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlessandro Iandolo (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501785054\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 December 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages, 6 b\u0026amp;w halftones, 4 maps - 6 Halftones, black and white - 4 Maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Succinctly written and thoroughly researched, \u003ci\u003eArrested Development\u003c\/i\u003e convincingly argues that the Soviet Union had no intention of replicating its model of a fully centrally planned economy in West Africa.\" - \u003ci\u003eJournal of Contemporary History\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Iandolo persuasively demonstrates that the Soviet Union forsook revolutionary Marxism in favor of an approach that shared much with the import-substitution path of development taken by other countries of the Global South during the twentieth century.\" - \u003ci\u003eH-Net\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In intermarrying economic cooperation and political exchanges as the basis for understanding the Cold War, Iandolo's book sets a new stage for future scholars to build on.\" - \u003ci\u003eH-Net\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Marshall Shulman Book Prize of the Harriman Institute of Columbia University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the W. Bruce Lincoln Book Prize of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eArrested Development\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Alessandro Iandolo examines the USSR's role in West Africa during the 1950s and 1960s as an aid donor, trade partner, and political model for newly independent Ghana, Guinea, and Mali.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a strong economy in the 1950s, the USSR expanded its global outreach, supporting economic development in post-colonial Africa and Asia. Many nations saw the Soviet model as a path to political and economic independence. Drawing on extensive Russian and West African archival research, Iandolo explores Soviet ideas, sponsored projects, and their lasting impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoviet specialists worked alongside West African colleagues to design ambitious development plans, build infrastructure, establish collective farms, survey mineral resources, and manage banking and trade. These collaborations - and the tensions they created - shed light on how Soviet and West African visions of development intersected. \u003ci\u003eArrested Development \u003c\/i\u003epositions the USSR as a key player in twentieth-century economic history, reshaping global approaches to modernization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. A Farewell to Arms: De-Stalinization, the Soviet Economy, and the Global Cold War\u003cbr\u003e2. Brave New World: The Soviet Union and the Making of the Third World\u003cbr\u003e3. First Contact\u003cbr\u003e4. The Heart of the Matter\u003cbr\u003e5. Things Fall Apart\u003cbr\u003e6. The End of the Affair\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702497308952,"sku":"9781501785054","price":25.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/arrested-development-the-soviet-union-in-ghana-guinea-and-mali-1955-1968-paperback-softback-9781501785054","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}