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Cuba & Angola: Fighting for Africa's Freedom and Our Own

Door Fidel Castro e.a.

Categorie
Afrika
Boeknummer
#399777-LA7
Titel
Cuba & Angola: Fighting for Africa's Freedom and Our Own
Auteur
Castro, Fidel & Raúl Castro & Nelson Mandela & Armando Choy & Gustavo Chui & Moisés Sío Wong & Luis Alfonso Zayas & Gabriel García Márquez
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Cuban Revolution in World
Jaar van uitgave
2013
ISBN10
1604880465
ISBN13
9781604880465
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, illustrations (mostly photographs) in b/w, 4to.
Samenvatting
In March 1988, the army of South Africa's apartheid regime was dealt a crushing defeat by Cuban, Angolan, and Namibian combatants at the battle of Cuito Cuanavale in Angola. That triumph, South Africa's future president Nelson Mandela proclaimed, marked "a milestone in the history of the struggle for southern African liberation." With the victory at Cuito Cuanavale, Angola's sovereignty was secured. Namibia's independence was won. The deepening revolutionary struggle in South Africa received a powerful boost. And the Cuban Revolution too was strengthened. Between 1975 and 1991 some 425,000 Cubans volunteered for duty in Angola in response to requests from the Angolan government to help defend the newly independent country against multiple invasions by South Africa's white-suprema... (Lees verder)cist regime, backed by its allies in Washington and elsewhere. Here this history is told by those who lived it and made it. "... a strong addition to international history and studies collections."--Midwest Book Review "... scholars and general readers of twentieth-century African, Afro-Latino, and African American history will find this title a compelling and informative addition to an understudied chapter of the Cold War and its impact on Africa."--The Journal of African History "... an excellent read for both the academic and layperson."--African Studies Quarterly Includes photos, map, and glossary.
Pagina's
144
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 15,00

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