Visions of freedom Havana, Washington, Pretoria and the struggle for Southern Africa, 1976-1991

By:

Gleijeses, Piero

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press 2013Description: xiv, 655p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:

9781469628325

Subject(s):

Cold War--Political aspects--Africa, Southern

DDC classification:

968.00GLE

Summary: During the final fifteen years of the Cold War, southern Africa underwent a period of upheaval, with dramatic twists and turns in relations between the superpowers. Americans, Cubans, Soviets, and Africans fought over the future of Angola, where tens of thousands of Cuban soldiers were stationed, and over the decolonization of Namibia, Africa's last colony. Beyond lay the great prize: South Africa. Piero Gleijeses uses archival sources, particularly from the United States, South Africa, and the closed Cuban archives, to provide an unprecedented international history of this important theater of the late Cold War.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 613-639) and index.

During the final fifteen years of the Cold War, southern Africa underwent a period of upheaval, with dramatic twists and turns in relations between the superpowers. Americans, Cubans, Soviets, and Africans fought over the future of Angola, where tens of thousands of Cuban soldiers were stationed, and over the decolonization of Namibia, Africa's last colony. Beyond lay the great prize: South Africa. Piero Gleijeses uses archival sources, particularly from the United States, South Africa, and the closed Cuban archives, to provide an unprecedented international history of this important theater of the late Cold War.

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