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Visions of freedom - Havana, Washington, Pretoria and the struggle for Southern Africa 1976-1991 (Paperback)
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Visions of freedom - Havana, Washington, Pretoria and the struggle for Southern Africa 1976-1991 (Paperback)
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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, ready to decolonize 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 archive, to provide an
unprecedented international history of this important theatre of
the late Cold War. These sources all point to one conclusion: by
humiliating the United States and defying the Soviet Union, Fidel
Castro changed the course of history in southern Africa. It was
Cuba's victory in Angola in 1988 that forced Pretoria to give
Namibia its independence and helped break the back of apartheid
South Africa. In the words of Nelson Mandela, the Cubans "destroyed
the myth of the invincibility of the white oppressor . . . [and]
inspired the fighting masses of South Africa." Visions of Freedom
tells a remarkable and sweeping history of Cuba's role in assisting
the so-called Third World from the clutches of white domination.
Written with intrigue and insight, it will appeal to scholars of
international politics, historians and the general reader
interested in Southern African history.
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