Cold War in Southern Africa

Zusatztext 'A welcome addition to the burgeoning historiography on the Cold War in the region is Sue Onslow's edited collection Cold War in Southern Africa: White Power! Black Liberation. The book is split into two themes with chapters covering white nationalist power and its projection onto neighbouring states! and African liberation struggles against these regimes.' - Matthew Graham! Africa Spectrum! 45! 1! pp131-139 Informationen zum Autor Sue Onslow has taught at the London School of Economics since 1994. She is currently a Cold War Studies Fellow in the Cold War Studies Centre/IDEAS. Klappentext Examines the complexities of the Cold War in Southern Africa. This book highlights the importance of the global ideological environment on the perceptions and consequent behaviour of the white minority regimes! the black nationalist movements! and the newly independent African nationalist governments. Zusammenfassung This edited volume highlights the complexities of the Cold War in SouthernAfrica. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Sue Onslow1. The Cold War in Southern Africa: White Power! Black Nationalism and External Intervention Sue Onslow 2.Racism! the Cold War and South Africa's Regional Security Strategies 1948-90 John Daniel3. The USA and Apartheid South Africa's Nuclear Aspirations! 1949-1980 Martha van Wyk4. The impact of anti-communism on white Rhodesian political culture! ca.1920s-1980. Donal Lowry5. The South African factor in Zimbabwe's transition to Independence Sue Onslow6. Non-alignment on the Racial Frontier: Zambia and the USA! 1964-68 Andy DeRoche7. Unsung Heroes: The Soviet Military and the Liberation of Southern Africa Vladimir Shubin 8. Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? Jimmy Carter and Rhodesia Nancy Mitchell9. From Cassinga to New York: Cuba and the Struggle for the Independence of Namibia Piero Gleijeses 10. The Angola/Namibia crisis of 1988 and its resolution Chris Saunders Conclusion Sue Onslow ...

Product details

• Authors: Onslow Sue
• Assisted by: Sue Onslow (Editor), Onslow Sue (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.07.2009
• EAN: 9780415474207
• ISBN: 978-0-415-47420-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 242 mm x 21 mm
• Series: Cold War History; Cold War History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Military / General, Military history: post WW2 conflicts, HISTORY / Africa / South / General, Southern Africa, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, African History, c 1970 to c 1979, Modern warfare, c 1970 to c 1980, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General