Umkhonto we Sizwe : the ANC's armed struggle / Thula Simpson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simpson, Thula, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Umkhonto we Sizwe (South Africa)--History.

Umkhonto we Sizwe (South Africa).

African National Congress.

History.

South Africa--Politics and government--1948-1994.

South Africa.

Politics and government.

National liberation movements--South Africa.

National liberation movements.

Government, Resistance to--South Africa.

Government, Resistance to.

Local Subjects:

Umkhonto we Sizwe (South Africa).

African National Congress.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 591 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cape Town, South Africa : Penguin Books, 2016.

Summary:

"The armed struggle waged by the ANC's military wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), was the longest sustained insurgency in South African history. This book offers the first full account of the rebellion in its entirety, from its early days in the 1950s to the inauguration of Nelson Mandela asSouth African president in 1994. Vast in scope, this story traverses every corner of South Africa and extends throughout southern Africa, where MK's largest campaigns and heaviest engagements occurred, as well as to the solidarity networks that the rebellion mobilised around the world. Drawing principally from previously unpublished writings and testimonies by the men and women who fought the armed struggle, this book recreates the drama, heroism and tragedy of their experiences. It tells the story of leaders like Nelson Mandela, Oliver Tambo, Joe Slovo and Chris Hani, whose reputations were forged in the crucible of the armed struggle, but it is also a tale of martyrs such as Looksmart Ngudle, Ashley Kriel and Phila Ndwandwe, as well as of MK cadres such as Leonard Nkosi and Glory Sedibe, who would ultimately turn against the ANC and collaborate with the state in hunting down their former comrades. Written in a fresh, immediate style, Umkhonto we Sizwe is an honest account of the armed struggle and a fascinating chronicle of events that changed South African history."--Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I The Struggle 3

Acts of Treason 3

Violence and Non-Violence 20

Part II Sabotage 43

The Opening Phase 45

Soldiers of Mandela 57

Adversity and Retreat 93

External Mission in Command 109

Part III Guerrilla Warfare 117

Invasion 119

The Wankie and Sipolilo Campaigns 133

By Land, Sea and Air 166

Rebuilding the Underground 186

Part IV Armed Propaganda 205

Soweto Generation 207

The Anvil and the Hammer 226

Battlefield Southern Africa 271

Planning for People's War 311

Part V People's War 333

Township Rebellion 335

Taking the War to White Areas 355

Season of Violence 403

Interregnum 435

Part VI Endgame 457

Homecoming 459

Transition 483

Victory 501.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781770228412

1770228411

OCLC:

942709562

Publisher Number:

99969434325