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1 online resource (xix, 552 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Envisioning Cuba
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Envisioning Cuba.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 503-538) and index. |
Contents |
Acknowledgments; Note on Citations; Abbreviations; Prologue; 1 Castro's Cuba, 1959-1964; 2 Cuba's First Venture in Africa: Algeria; 3 Flee! The White Giants Are Coming!; 4 Castro Turns to Central Africa; 5 Che in Zaire; 6 A Successful Covert Operation; 7 American Victory; 8 Cubans in the Congo; 9 Guerrillas in Guinea-Bissau; 10 Castro's Cuba, 1965-1975; 11 The Collapse of the Portuguese Empire; 12 The Gathering Storm: Angola, January-October 1975; 13 South Africa's Friends; 14 Pretoria Meets Havana; 15 Cuban Victory; 16 Repercussions; 17 Looking Back; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography. |
Summary |
An account of Cuban policy in Africa from 1959 to 1976 and of its escalating clash with US policy toward the continent. The text covers Cuba's first steps to assist Algerian rebels fighting France in 1961 to the dispatch of 30,000 Cubans to Angola in 1975-76. |
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Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Cold War (1945-1989) |
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Cuba -- Foreign relations -- Africa.
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Cuba. |
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International relations. |
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Africa. |
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Africa -- Foreign relations -- Cuba.
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Cuba -- Foreign relations -- 1959-
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Chronological Term |
1959- |
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Africa -- Foreign relations -- 1960-
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Chronological Term |
1960- |
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Africa.
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United States. |
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Africa -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
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Chronological Term |
1945-1989 |
Subject |
National liberation movements -- Africa.
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National liberation movements. |
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Cold War.
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Chronological Term |
Since 1945 |
Indexed Term |
Cuba Relaciones internacionales África. |
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África Relaciones internacionales Cuba. |
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Movimientos de liberación nacional África. |
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Guerra fría. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Gleijeses, Piero. Conflicting missions. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2002 0807826472 0807854646 (DLC) 2001027417 (OCoLC)46419755 |
ISBN |
0807861626 (electronic book) |
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9780807861622 (electronic book) |
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9781469603360 (electronic book) |
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1469603365 (electronic book) |
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0807826472 (alkaline paper) |
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9780807826478 (alkaline paper) |
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0807854646 |
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9780807854648 |