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121 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Beginning in 1975, an epic battle was waged for the future of southern Africa. The Angolan people had just thrown off 500 years of Portuguese colonial brutality. Now South Africa's white supremacist regime, spurred by Washington, had invaded Angola. Its goal was to impose a government beholden to Pretoria and imperialism. Angola's government appealed for help. The response of Cuba's leadership was immediate and decisive. A hard-fought war for freedom ended in 1988 at the battle of Cuito Cuanavale, with the crushing defeat of South Africa's army by Angolan, Cuban and Namibian combatants. This is the story of Cuba's unparalleled contribution to the fight to free Africa from the scourge of apartheid. And how, in the doing, Cuba's socialist revolution also was strengthened.
Our internationalism in Africa was born with the Cuban Revolution -- Fall of Portuguese empire and defeat of South Africa's first invasion, 1975-76 -- UNITA and South Africa: The irregular war, 1976-87 -- The battle of Cangamba -- Cuito Cuanavale, Calueque, and defeat of the apartheid regime, 1987-91 -- Internationalist missions in Ethiopia and Mozambique -- `Fidel's leadership was decisive.'