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Visions of Freedom: Havana, Washington, Pretoria, and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1976-1991
Piero Gleijeses
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Description for Visions of Freedom: Havana, Washington, Pretoria, and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1976-1991
Paperback. Visions of Freedom: Havana, Washington, Pretoria, and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1976-1991 Series: The New Cold War History. Num Pages: 672 pages, 31 halftones, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFM; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 44. Weight in Grams: 966.
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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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.
These sources all point to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Series
The New Cold War History
Number of Pages
672
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469628325
SKU
V9781469628325
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About Piero Gleijeses
Piero Gleijeses is professor of American foreign policy at the School of Advanced International Studies at the Johns Hopkins University. He is author of Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959-1976, among other books.
Reviews for Visions of Freedom: Havana, Washington, Pretoria, and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1976-1991
A multi-level analysis and international search for documentary sources woven into a detailed narrative.""- Military History; ""Well researched and presented in an organized manner. . . . An excellent work and will serve as a standard textbook on the southern African Cold War for a long time.""- Journal of the North Carolina Association of Historians; ""Visions of Freedom ... Read more