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Spear : Mandela and the revolutionaries / Paul S. Landau.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Landau, Paul Stuart, 1962- author.
- Series:
- New African Histories
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National liberation movements--South Africa.
- National liberation movements.
- South Africa--Politics and government--1948-1994.
- South Africa.
- Umkhonto we Sizwe (South Africa)--History.
- Umkhonto we Sizwe (South Africa).
- Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013.
- Mandela, Nelson.
- Genre:
- History.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (413 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ohio ; Auckland Park, South Africa : Ohio University Press : Jacana, [2022]
- Summary:
- "Spanning the years just before (and just after) Nelson Mandela's 1962 arrest, this entirely fresh history of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), or Spear of the Nation, and its revolutionary milieu brings to life the period in which Mandela and his comrades fought South Africa's apartheid regime not only with words and protests, but also with bombs and fire"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Crisis, March 1960
- The Making of the Crisis (the Postwar Era)
- Emergency Mobilization (April 1960 to Early 1961)
- Persuasion (June 1961 to August 1961)
- Mandela's Bookcase (1961)
- Spear (late 1961)
- Dingane's Day (December 1961-early July 1962)
- Interruption (mid 1962)
- Big Country (late 1962)
- Operation Mayibuye (November 1962 to June 1963)
- In Pieces (mid 1963 to mid 1964)
- Revolution Displaced (1963/4 onward)
- Appendix A: Missing Documents mentioned in this book
- Appendix B: Mandela, Communist (Nationalist).
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780821447697
- 0821447696
- OCLC:
- 1284920213
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