The Last Hot Battle of the Cold War : South Africa vs. Cuba in the Angolan Civil War

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Polack, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cuito Cuanavale, Battle of, Cuito Cuanavale, Angola, 1987-1988.

Cold War.

Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002--Participation, Cuban.

Angola.

Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002--Participation, South African.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 p.)

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Casemate, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As the Soviet Union teetered on the edge of collapse during the late 1980s, and America prepared to claim its victory, a bloody war still raged in Southern Africa, where proxy forces from both sides vied for control of Angola. The result was the largest battle on the dark continent since Al Alamein, with forces from both sides paying in blood what U.S.-Soviet diplomats were otherwise spending in diplomacy.The socialist government of Angola and its army, FAPLA, fully stocked with Soviet weapons, had only to wipe out a massive resistance group, UNITA, secretly supplied by the U.S, in order to cl

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Dedication; Introduction; 1. Cuito Cuanavale-An Overview; 2. The Cuban Forces; 3. The South African Forces; 4. The FAPLA Soviet Advisors; 5. The Angolan FAPLA; 6. The Angolan UNITA; 7. General Ben Ben; 8. The Beginning of the End; 9. Commandant Robbie Hartslief; 10. The Retreat; 11. The Siege of Cuito Cuanavale; 12. The Air War; 13. Casualties of the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale; 14. Prisoners of War; 15. Ceasefire; Glosssary; Appendix A: The Cuban Forces; Appendix B: The South African Forces; Appendix C: U.S.S.R. Forces

Appendix D: FAPLA ForcesAppendix E: UNITA Forces; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781612001968

1612001963