A Spectre is Haunting Arabia: How the Germans Brought Their Communism to Yemen

Miriam M. Müller

Open Access Published by transcript Verlag 2015

A Spectre is Haunting Arabia

How the Germans Brought Their Communism to Yemen

Miriam M. Müller

Volume 26 in the series Edition Politik

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839432259

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About this book

Radical ideologies may manifest differently at first, but they do follow a similar logic: truth claims, promises of salvation and a unifying common enemy. In Yemen's transition process today, the secessionist movement Al-Hirak has summoned the spirit of South Yemen, the only Marxist state in Arabia. This book meticulously describes how East Germany supported the implantation of this alien ideology in Yemen through its policy of »Socialist state- and nation-building«. In the same breath, the analysis captures the GDR's activities in the Middle East and their vital role in Moscow's Cold War strategy. Last but least, the study provides one of the few compact overviews of East German foreign policy in the English language of today.

Author / Editor information

Miriam M. Müller (Joint PhD) received her doctorate jointly from the Free University of Berlin, Germany, and the University of Victoria, Canada, in Political Science and International Relations. Specialized in the politics of the Middle East, she focuses on religious and political ideologies, international security, international development and foreign policy. Her current research is occupied with the role of religion, violence and identity in the manifestations of the »Islamic State«.

Reviews

»Das Verdienst des Buches [ist es], gewohnte Forschungsperspektiven gewechselt und den Komplex des ostdeutsch-südjemenitischen Verhältnisses in einen größeren - primär das englischsprachige Publikum adressierenden - politikwissenschaftlich-theoretischen Kontext gerückt zu haben, indem er als 'socialist state- and nation-building' gefasst wurde.«
Lutz Maeke, www.sehepunkte.de, 17/9 (2017)

»Die Arbeit schließt eine wichtige Lücke in der Forschung zur DDR-Geschichte.«
Michael Rohschürmann, Portal für Politikwissenschaft, 17.03.2016

Besprochen in:
Jemen-Report (2016), Thanos Petouris
The Chronicle, 01.04.2016

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	1
Content Open Access Download PDF	5
Abbreviations (in German and English) Open Access Download PDF	11
Preface Open Access Download PDF	13
Section A. ANALYTIC AL FRAMEWORK
CHAPTER 1. Then and Now Why the Past of Yemen’s South and the GDR’s Role in it matter Open Access Download PDF	19
CHAPTER 2. State of Research The Selection of Sources for an Interdisciplinary Project Open Access Download PDF	31
CHAPTER 3. Analytical Approach An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Foreign Policy Open Access Download PDF	47
Section B. ANALYSIS
PART I – The GDR as a Foreign Policy Actor
CHAPTER 4. Squeezed between Bonn and Moscow The GDR’s Foreign Policy – An Overview Open Access Download PDF	77
CHAPTER 5. Phase I: Between Internal Consolidation and International Recognition Open Access Download PDF	85
CHAPTER 6. Phase II: From No.2 in the Eastern Bloc to Just Another Isolation The “Policy of Self-Assertion” Open Access Download PDF	97
CHAPTER 7. The “Three Spheres of Foreign Policy Making” Party, State, and Society Open Access Download PDF	109
PART II – The GDR in Yemen
CHAPTER 8. The GDR and the “Arab World” A Small State’s “Fill-In Policy” Open Access Download PDF	157
CHAPTER 9. Forging a National Identity in Yemen’s South Social Change between Foreign Interference and a Fragmented Nation Open Access Download PDF	187
CHAPTER 10. Methodological Prelude Connecting the Case Study, the Foreign Policy Phase Analysis, and the State- and Nation-Building Approach Open Access Download PDF	229
FOREIGN POLICY PHASE ANALYSIS THE GDR’s ENGAGEMENT IN SOUTH YEMEN Open Access Download PDF	243
CHAPTER 11. Phase I: The Phase of Sampling and Creation The GDR in Yemen from 1963 to 1970: A Constitutional Draft and the Road to Recognition Open Access Download PDF	245
CHAPTER 12. Phase II The Phase of Establishment and Expansion 1969 to 1978 Incorporating Marxism-Leninism into a Tribal Society Open Access Download PDF	265
Interlude. South Yemen A “Rough State” in the Region and in the World Open Access Download PDF	297
CHAPTER 13. Phase III: The Phase of Continuity and Consolidation The GDR in Yemen from 1978 to 1986: German Guidance and Yemeni Emancipation Open Access Download PDF	307
CHAPTER 14. Phase IV: The Phase of Neglect – The GDR in Yemen from 1986 to 1990 The “Ice Age” of Relations and the End of Socialist State-Building Open Access Download PDF	329
Section C. FINDINGS
CHAPTER 15. On the External and Internal Empirical “Limits” of East German Foreign Policy Open Access Download PDF	356
CHAPTER 16. South Yemen as the Model Case of a Possible East German Foreign Policy Open Access Download PDF	369
CHAPTER 17. Moscow, East Berlin and the “Hawks of Hadramawt” Nation-Building or Neo-Colonialism in Southern Yemen? Open Access Download PDF	383
Annex
I. Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	397
II. Archival Documents Open Access Download PDF	425

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Edition: 1. Aufl.
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 440
Keywords: Marxism; GDR; Cold War; State-Building; Middle East; Ideology; Soviet Union; Arab Peninsula; Politics; International Relations; Political Ideologies; State; Contemporary History; Political Science

eBook

Published: November 27, 2015
ISBN: 9783839432259