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
Analysis
Cuba Relaciones internacionales África
África Relaciones internacionales Cuba
Movimientos de liberación nacional África
Guerra fría
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 503-538) and index
Notes
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