Title Visions of freedom : Havana, Washington, Pretoria and the struggle for southern Africa, 1976-1991 / Piero Gleijeses

Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource Series New Cold War history New Cold War history. Contents 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 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. The author uses archival sources, particularly from the United States, South Africa, and the closed Cuban archives, to provide an international history of this important theater of the late Cold War Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 613-639) and index Notes Print version record Subject Cold War -- Political aspects -- Africa, Southern HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- General. HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- Republic of South Africa. HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century. Autonomy and independence movements Diplomatic relations Politics and government SUBJECT Africa, Southern -- History -- 1975- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88004617 Africa, Southern -- Politics and government -- 1975-1994. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001664 Africa, Southern -- Foreign relations -- 1975-1994. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001659 Africa, Southern -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements Subject Southern Africa Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781469612515 1469612518 9781469609690 146960969X

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