Conflicting missions Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959-1976 - Gleijeses, Piero; ebrary, Inc. (Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2002)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [503]-538) and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: 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