Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Monographic series
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
Monographic Series
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Monographic series
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Monographic series
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
A Political History of the Civil War in Angola, 1974-1990
Author: W. Martin James III
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351534661
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
When Portugal's colonial rule in Angola ended in 1974, three liberation groups-UNITA (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola), FNLA (National Front for the Liberation of Angola), and MPLA (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola)-agreed to a tripartite movement for the fledgling nation. Conflicts quickly arose and the MPLA, with Cuban and Soviet assistance, drove its rivals from the capital, instigating a civil war, which continues into three periods (1975-1991, 1992-94, and 1998-2002). This volume covers the first period, focusing on the political history of the UNITA movement and its struggles with the MPLA. The Angolan civil war was the product of personal jealousies, contrasting ideologies, and ethnic animosities. From its inception, the conflict between UNITA and Angola's Marxist government was an international affair involving the U. S., the USSR, China, and many African states: W. Martin James III, who wrote his book near the close of the first period of civil war, contends that despite Gorbachev's "new thinking" and talk of peaceful solutions to regional conflicts, Soviet policy toward Angola marked a reversion to the Brezhnev Doctrine. The biggest MPLA-Cuban offenses occurred during Gorbachev's tenure with Soviet advisers at the brigade level directing an MPLA offensive. American policy toward Angola is also examined here. This is the first book to emphasize the dynamic role of UNITA in the Angolan liberation movement. James acknowledges that the importance of foreign powers in guaranteeing a government of national reconciliation. Just as important are strategies of compromise requiring trust in a political context where it is violated and submission for the common good where defiance is a remnant of the colonial past. Foreign policy analysts, African area specialists, and scholars of post-colonial history find this volume indispensible.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351534661
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
When Portugal's colonial rule in Angola ended in 1974, three liberation groups-UNITA (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola), FNLA (National Front for the Liberation of Angola), and MPLA (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola)-agreed to a tripartite movement for the fledgling nation. Conflicts quickly arose and the MPLA, with Cuban and Soviet assistance, drove its rivals from the capital, instigating a civil war, which continues into three periods (1975-1991, 1992-94, and 1998-2002). This volume covers the first period, focusing on the political history of the UNITA movement and its struggles with the MPLA. The Angolan civil war was the product of personal jealousies, contrasting ideologies, and ethnic animosities. From its inception, the conflict between UNITA and Angola's Marxist government was an international affair involving the U. S., the USSR, China, and many African states: W. Martin James III, who wrote his book near the close of the first period of civil war, contends that despite Gorbachev's "new thinking" and talk of peaceful solutions to regional conflicts, Soviet policy toward Angola marked a reversion to the Brezhnev Doctrine. The biggest MPLA-Cuban offenses occurred during Gorbachev's tenure with Soviet advisers at the brigade level directing an MPLA offensive. American policy toward Angola is also examined here. This is the first book to emphasize the dynamic role of UNITA in the Angolan liberation movement. James acknowledges that the importance of foreign powers in guaranteeing a government of national reconciliation. Just as important are strategies of compromise requiring trust in a political context where it is violated and submission for the common good where defiance is a remnant of the colonial past. Foreign policy analysts, African area specialists, and scholars of post-colonial history find this volume indispensible.
Catalog of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies, Northwestern University Library (Evanston, Illinois) and Africana in Selected Libraries
Author: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies
Publisher:
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 774
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Subject Catalog
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Subject
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Subject
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
Book Description
Cold War Liberation
Author: Natalia Telepneva
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469665875
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Cold War Liberation examines the African revolutionaries who led armed struggles in three Portuguese colonies—Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea-Bissau—and their liaisons in Moscow, Prague, East Berlin, and Sofia. By reconstructing a multidimensional story that focuses on both the impact of the Soviet Union on the end of the Portuguese Empire in Africa and the effect of the anticolonial struggles on the Soviet Union, Natalia Telepneva bridges the gap between the narratives of individual anticolonial movements and those of superpower rivalry in sub-Saharan Africa during the Cold War. Drawing on newly available archival sources from Russia and Eastern Europe and interviews with key participants, Telepneva emphasizes the agency of African liberation leaders who enlisted the superpower into their movements via their relationships with middle-ranking members of the Soviet bureaucracy. These administrators had considerable scope to shape policies in the Portuguese colonies which in turn increased the Soviet commitment to decolonization in the wider region. An innovative reinterpretation of the relationships forged between African revolutionaries and the countries of the Warsaw Pact, Cold War Liberation is a bold addition to debates about policy-making in the Global South during the Cold War. We are proud to offer this book in our usual print and ebook formats, plus as an open-access edition available through the Sustainable History Monograph Project.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469665875
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Cold War Liberation examines the African revolutionaries who led armed struggles in three Portuguese colonies—Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea-Bissau—and their liaisons in Moscow, Prague, East Berlin, and Sofia. By reconstructing a multidimensional story that focuses on both the impact of the Soviet Union on the end of the Portuguese Empire in Africa and the effect of the anticolonial struggles on the Soviet Union, Natalia Telepneva bridges the gap between the narratives of individual anticolonial movements and those of superpower rivalry in sub-Saharan Africa during the Cold War. Drawing on newly available archival sources from Russia and Eastern Europe and interviews with key participants, Telepneva emphasizes the agency of African liberation leaders who enlisted the superpower into their movements via their relationships with middle-ranking members of the Soviet bureaucracy. These administrators had considerable scope to shape policies in the Portuguese colonies which in turn increased the Soviet commitment to decolonization in the wider region. An innovative reinterpretation of the relationships forged between African revolutionaries and the countries of the Warsaw Pact, Cold War Liberation is a bold addition to debates about policy-making in the Global South during the Cold War. We are proud to offer this book in our usual print and ebook formats, plus as an open-access edition available through the Sustainable History Monograph Project.
Library of Congress Catalogs
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Monographic series
Languages : en
Pages : 928
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Monographic series
Languages : en
Pages : 928
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National Union Catalog
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Publisher:
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
The Origins of the Angolan Civil War
Author: Fernando Andresen Guimaraes
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230598269
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
An investigation of the origins of the Angolan civil war of 1975-76. By looking at the interaction between internal and external factors, it reveals the domestic roots of the conflict and the impact of foreign intervention on the civil war. The formative influence of colonialism and anti-colonialism on the emergence of Angolan rivalry since 1961 is described, and the externalization of that power struggle is analysed from a perspective of both international and domestic politics.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230598269
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
An investigation of the origins of the Angolan civil war of 1975-76. By looking at the interaction between internal and external factors, it reveals the domestic roots of the conflict and the impact of foreign intervention on the civil war. The formative influence of colonialism and anti-colonialism on the emergence of Angolan rivalry since 1961 is described, and the externalization of that power struggle is analysed from a perspective of both international and domestic politics.
Occasional Papers on African Intellectual Responses to the West
Author: G. Wesley Johnson (Jr.)
Publisher:
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Angola Em Movimento
Author: Beatrix Heintze
Publisher: Verlag Otto Lembeck
ISBN: 3874765539
Category : Aeronautics, Commercial
Languages : pt
Pages : 267
Book Description
"This book aims to provide a better understanding of the significance and dynamics of communication and transport routes in Angola and its hinterland."--Back cover.
Publisher: Verlag Otto Lembeck
ISBN: 3874765539
Category : Aeronautics, Commercial
Languages : pt
Pages : 267
Book Description
"This book aims to provide a better understanding of the significance and dynamics of communication and transport routes in Angola and its hinterland."--Back cover.