Visions of freedom :
Gleijeses, Piero,
Visions of freedom : Havana, Washington, Pretoria and the struggle for Southern Africa, 1976-1991 / Piero Gleijeses. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2013. - xiv, 655 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. - New Cold War history . - New Cold War history. .
Also published in 2013 by Wits University Press.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 613-639) and index.
The Cuban drumbeat -- Neto, Castro, and Carter : a new beginning? -- The Cubans in Angola -- Strained relations : Cuba and Angola -- The fronts harden : the United States and Cuba, 1978-1980 -- Carter and Southern Africa : a balance sheet -- Enter Reagan -- The wonders of linkage -- Angolan travails -- The failure of Lusaka -- The United States, South Africa, and Savimbi -- The view from Cuba, 1984-1986 -- Havana and Moscow : conflicting strategies -- Negotiations in the offing? -- Cuito Cuanavale -- Maniobra XXXI aniversario -- Chester Crocker meets Jorge Risquet : talks about talks -- The negotiations -- The New York agreements -- Visions of freedom.
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 super powers. 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. Beyond lay the great prize: South Africa. This book provides an international history of this important theater of the late Cold War.
9781469609683 1469609681 9781469628325 1469628325
40022900738
2013024964
GBB473346 bnb
016607258 Uk
Since 1975
Cold War--Political aspects--Africa, Southern.
History
Autonomy and independence movements.
Diplomatic relations.
Politics and government.
Africa, Southern--History--1975-
Africa, Southern--Politics and government--1975-1994.
Africa, Southern--Foreign relations--1975-1994.
Africa, Southern--History--Autonomy and independence movements.
Kuba.
Staat S�udafrika.
USA.
S�odra Afrika.
Southern Africa.
History.
DT1165 / .G54 2013
968.0009048
Visions of freedom : Havana, Washington, Pretoria and the struggle for Southern Africa, 1976-1991 / Piero Gleijeses. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2013. - xiv, 655 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. - New Cold War history . - New Cold War history. .
Also published in 2013 by Wits University Press.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 613-639) and index.
The Cuban drumbeat -- Neto, Castro, and Carter : a new beginning? -- The Cubans in Angola -- Strained relations : Cuba and Angola -- The fronts harden : the United States and Cuba, 1978-1980 -- Carter and Southern Africa : a balance sheet -- Enter Reagan -- The wonders of linkage -- Angolan travails -- The failure of Lusaka -- The United States, South Africa, and Savimbi -- The view from Cuba, 1984-1986 -- Havana and Moscow : conflicting strategies -- Negotiations in the offing? -- Cuito Cuanavale -- Maniobra XXXI aniversario -- Chester Crocker meets Jorge Risquet : talks about talks -- The negotiations -- The New York agreements -- Visions of freedom.
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 super powers. 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. Beyond lay the great prize: South Africa. This book provides an international history of this important theater of the late Cold War.
9781469609683 1469609681 9781469628325 1469628325
40022900738
2013024964
GBB473346 bnb
016607258 Uk
Since 1975
Cold War--Political aspects--Africa, Southern.
History
Autonomy and independence movements.
Diplomatic relations.
Politics and government.
Africa, Southern--History--1975-
Africa, Southern--Politics and government--1975-1994.
Africa, Southern--Foreign relations--1975-1994.
Africa, Southern--History--Autonomy and independence movements.
Kuba.
Staat S�udafrika.
USA.
S�odra Afrika.
Southern Africa.
History.
DT1165 / .G54 2013
968.0009048