Table of Contents

List of abbreviations
Part 1. Angola
1. Armed struggle begins
2. Zigzags of history
3. From the Portuguese revolution to Angola's independence
4. Second war of liberation
5. Troubles again
Part 2.
6. 'General Konstantin'
7. Cuito Cuanavale and after
8. Moscow and FRELIMO.
9. Transitional period.
10. Independent Mozambique. Machel's death.
Part 3. Zimbabwe.
11. ZAPU or ZANU?
12. Patriotic Front
13. Lancaster House
14. Moscow and independent Zimbabwe
Part 4. Namibia
15. SWANU or SWAPO?
16. Co-operation broadens
17. Armed struggle intesifies.
18. SWAPO's victory
Part 5. Last but not least: South Africa
19. ANC: co-operation begins
20. Helping to return home.
21. 'Rebuilding' or destroying?
POSTSCRIPT
Soviet personalities
References
Index

About the Author

Vladimir Shubin is Principal Research Fellow of the Institute for African Studies in the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is the author of The Hot 'Cold War' (Pluto, 2008).

Reviews

'Vladimir Shubin has unrivalled knowledge of the Soviet role in Africa in the decades of the Cold War. His personal yet scholarly account will be required reading for anyone interested in the fascinating story of the liberation of southern Africa.' Chris Saunders, University of Cape Town