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The Last Hot Battle of the Cold War. South Africa Vs. Cuba in the Angolan Civil War.
Peter Polack
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Description for The Last Hot Battle of the Cold War. South Africa Vs. Cuba in the Angolan Civil War.
As the Soviet Union teetered on the edge of collapse during the late 1980s, and America prepared to claim its victory, a bloody war still raged in Southern Africa, where forces from both sides vied for control of Angola. The result was the largest battle on the dark continent since Al Alamein. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16pp. photos. BIC Classification: 1HFMA; 1HFMS; 1KJC; 3JJPN; HBJH; HBLW3; HBWS; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
As the Soviet Union teetered on the edge of collapse during the late 1980s, and America prepared to claim its victory, a bloody war still raged in Southern Africa, where forces from both sides vied for control of Angola. The result was the largest battle on the dark continent since Al Alamein. The socialist government of Angola and its army, FAPLA, had only to wipe out a massive resistance group, UNITA, secretly supplied by the U.S, in order to claim full sovereignty over the country. A giant FAPLA offensive so threatened to succeed in overcoming UNITA that apartheid-era South Africa ... Read more
As the Soviet Union teetered on the edge of collapse during the late 1980s, and America prepared to claim its victory, a bloody war still raged in Southern Africa, where forces from both sides vied for control of Angola. The result was the largest battle on the dark continent since Al Alamein. The socialist government of Angola and its army, FAPLA, had only to wipe out a massive resistance group, UNITA, secretly supplied by the U.S, in order to claim full sovereignty over the country. A giant FAPLA offensive so threatened to succeed in overcoming UNITA that apartheid-era South Africa ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Casemate Books United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781612001951
SKU
V9781612001951
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About Peter Polack
Peter Polack was born in Jamaica and graduated from the University of the West Indies and Norman Manley Law School; he has been a criminal lawyer in the Cayman Islands since 1983. Research on his first book, Last Hot Battle of the Cold War (Casemate 2013) led to the first international release of Cuban casualties of the Angola War. He ... Read more
Reviews for The Last Hot Battle of the Cold War. South Africa Vs. Cuba in the Angolan Civil War.
'... a detailed examination of the battle of Cuito Cuanavale that will assist military historians concerned to understand the value of specific armaments in determining the outcomes of proxy wars in the Cold War era.'
Ian David Stewart, Michigan War Studies Review
Michigan War Studies Review
Ian David Stewart, Michigan War Studies Review
Michigan War Studies Review