Fidel Castro / Nelson Mandela: Cuba & Angola
Fighting for Africa`s Freedom and our Own
By Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, Nelson Mandela, The Cuban Five in Angola.
"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."
Here this history is told by those who lived it and made it.
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-supremacist 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
Fidel Castro, geb, 1926, galt als der am längsten amtierende Staatsmann der Welt. Mehr als 50 Jahren stand er an der Spitze Kubas; In den Jahren vor seinem - trotz mehr als 900 Attentaten der CIA - natürlichem Tod, zog er sich zurück, und kämpfte als "Soldat der Ideen".
Nelson Mandela, geboren 1918 in Südafrika, ist weltbekannt für seinen Kampf gegen die Apartheid, für den er 27 Jahre im Gefängnis verbringen mußte. 1993 erhielt der Kommunist und Freiheitskämpfer den Friedensnobelpreis, ein Jahr später wurde er zum Präsidenten von Südafrika ernannt.
Includes photos, map, and glossary.
Pathfinder, 2013, Kartoniert,
