TY - BOOK AU - Gleijeses,Piero TI - Visions of freedom: Havana, Washington, Pretoria and the struggle for Southern Africa, 1976-1991 T2 - New Cold War history SN - 9781469609683 AV - DT1165 .G54 2013 U1 - 968.0009048 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Chapel Hill : PB - University of North Carolina Press KW - Cold War KW - Political aspects KW - Africa, Southern KW - History KW - Autonomy and independence movements KW - fast KW - Diplomatic relations KW - Politics and government KW - 1975- KW - 1975-1994 KW - Foreign relations KW - Kuba KW - gnd KW - Staat S�udafrika KW - USA KW - S�odra Afrika KW - Southern Africa N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -