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Cold war in southern Africa : white power, black liberation / edited by Sue Onslow.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Cold War History
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Black nationalism--Africa, Southern.
- Black nationalism.
- Apartheid--Africa, Southern.
- Apartheid.
- Cold War.
- Africa, Southern--Politics and government--1975-1994.
- Africa, Southern.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (264 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This edited volume examines the complexities of the Cold War in Southern Africa and uses a range of archives to develop a more detailed understanding of the impact of the Cold War environment upon the processes of political change.In the aftermath of European decolonization, the struggle between white minority governments and black liberation movements encouraged both sides to appeal for external support from the two superpower blocs. Cold War in Southern Africa highlights the importance of the global ideological environment on the perceptions and consequent behaviour of the
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Cold War in Southern Africa: White power, black nationalism and external intervention; 2 Racism, the Cold War and South Africa's regional security strategies 1948-1990; 3 The USA and apartheid South Africa's nuclear aspirations, 1949-1980; 4 The impact of anti-communism on white Rhodesian political culture, c.1920s-1980; 5 The South African factor in Zimbabwe's transition to independence; 6 Non-alignment on the racial frontier: Zambia and the USA, 1964-1968
- 7 Unsung heroes: The Soviet military and the liberation of Southern Africa8 Terrorists or freedom fighters?: Jimmy Carter and Rhodesia; 9 From Cassinga to New York: The struggle for the independence of Namibia; 10 The Angola/Namibia crisis of 1988 and its resolution; Conclusion; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-32482-9
- 9786612324826
- 0-203-87424-2
- 9780203874240
- OCLC:
- 654779130
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