Gleijeses, Piero.

Conflicting missions Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959-1976 / [electronic resource] : Piero Gleijeses. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2002. - xix, 552 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. - Envisioning Cuba . - Envisioning Cuba. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [503]-538) and index.

Machine generated contents note: I Castro's Cuba, 1959-1964 12 -- 2 Cuba's First Venture in Africa: Algeria 30 -- 3 Flee! The White Giants Are Coming! 57 -- 4 Castro Turns to Central Africa 77 -- 6 Che in Zaire 1ol -- 6 A Successful Covert Operation 124 -- 7 American Victory 137 -- 8 Cubans in the Congo i6o -- 9 Guerrillas in Guinea-Bissau 185 -- 10 Castro's Cuba, 1965-1975 214 -- 11 The Collapse of the Portuguese Empire 230 -- 12 The Gathering Storm: Angola,January-October 1975 246 -- 13 South Africa's Friends 273 -- 14 Pretoria Meets Havana 300 -- 15 Cuban Victory 328 -- 16 Repercussions 347 -- 17 Looking Back 373 -- Appendix 397 -- Notes 399 -- Bibliography 503 -- Index 539.


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National liberation movements--Africa.
Cold War.


Cuba--Foreign relations--Africa.
Africa--Foreign relations--Cuba.
Cuba--Foreign relations--1959-1990.
Africa--Foreign relations--1960-
United States--Foreign relations--Africa.
Africa--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.


Electronic books.

DT38.9.C9 / G57 2002eb

327.729106/09/046