Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959-1976This is a compelling and dramatic account of Cuban policy in Africa from 1959 to 1976 and of its escalating clash with U.S. policy toward the continent. Piero Gleijeses's fast-paced narrative takes the reader from Cuba's first steps to assist Algerian reb |
Contents
Flee The White Giants Are Coming | 57 |
Castro Turns to Central Africa | 77 |
6 | 103 |
A Successful Covert Operation | 124 |
American Victory | 137 |
8 | 158 |
10 | 187 |
Castros Cuba 19651975 | 214 |
11 | 230 |
Angola JanuaryOctober 1975 | 246 |
South Africas Friends | 273 |
15 | 303 |
Cuban Victory | 328 |
17 | 351 |
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Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959-1976 Piero Gleijeses Limited preview - 2002 |
Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959-1976 Piero Gleijeses Limited preview - 2011 |
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