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The war for Africa: Twelve months that transformed a continent

Fred Bridgland

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Description:A "gripping" story of the Angolan Civil War and how it evolved into a Cold War struggle between superpowers (New York Journal of Books).Lasting over a quarter of a century, from 1975 to 2002, the Angolan Civil War began as a power struggle between two former liberation movements, the MPLA and UNITA--but became a Cold War struggle with involvement from the Soviet Union, Cuba, South Africa, and the United States.This book examines the height of the Cuban-South African fighting in Angola in 1987-88, when three thousand South African soldiers and about eight thousand UNITA guerrilla fighters fought in alliance against the Cubans and the armed forces of the Marxist MPLA government, a force of over fifty thousand men. Fred Bridgland pieced together the course of the war, fought in one of the world's most remote and wild terrains, by interviewing the South Africans who fought it, and many of their stories are woven into the narrative. This classic account of a Cold War struggle and its momentous consequences for the participants and the continent now includes a new preface and epilogue."Highlights just how much political and social considerations dictate the outcome of war . . . A highly detailed work of military history, The War for Africa can tell us a lot about the nature of counter-insurgency warfare and how small states can become contested battlegrounds between superpowers." --New York Journal of BooksWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The war for Africa: Twelve months that transformed a continent. To get started finding The war for Africa: Twelve months that transformed a continent, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: A "gripping" story of the Angolan Civil War and how it evolved into a Cold War struggle between superpowers (New York Journal of Books).Lasting over a quarter of a century, from 1975 to 2002, the Angolan Civil War began as a power struggle between two former liberation movements, the MPLA and UNITA--but became a Cold War struggle with involvement from the Soviet Union, Cuba, South Africa, and the United States.This book examines the height of the Cuban-South African fighting in Angola in 1987-88, when three thousand South African soldiers and about eight thousand UNITA guerrilla fighters fought in alliance against the Cubans and the armed forces of the Marxist MPLA government, a force of over fifty thousand men. Fred Bridgland pieced together the course of the war, fought in one of the world's most remote and wild terrains, by interviewing the South Africans who fought it, and many of their stories are woven into the narrative. This classic account of a Cold War struggle and its momentous consequences for the participants and the continent now includes a new preface and epilogue."Highlights just how much political and social considerations dictate the outcome of war . . . A highly detailed work of military history, The War for Africa can tell us a lot about the nature of counter-insurgency warfare and how small states can become contested battlegrounds between superpowers." --New York Journal of BooksWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The war for Africa: Twelve months that transformed a continent. To get started finding The war for Africa: Twelve months that transformed a continent, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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