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Visions of Freedom: Havana, Washington, Pretoria, and the Struggle for Southern
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Visions of Freedom: Havana, Washington, Pretoria, and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1976-1991 Hardcover - 2013

by Piero Gleijeses


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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 Gleijesesuses 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 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 set Namibia free 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."

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  • Title Visions of Freedom: Havana, Washington, Pretoria, and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1976-1991
  • Author Piero Gleijeses
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 672
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill
  • Date 2013-11
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781469609683 / 1469609681
  • Weight 0.44 lbs (0.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.25 x 6.12 x 1.82 in (23.50 x 15.54 x 4.62 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Africa, Southern - Politics and government -, Africa, Southern - Foreign relations -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013024964
  • Dewey Decimal Code 968.000
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