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Cold War Liberation The Soviet Union and the Collapse of the Portuguese Empire in Africa, 1961-1975 /

"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 So...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Telepneva, Natalia (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2021]
Series:New Cold War history.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Revolutionaries > Guinea-Bissau.
Revolutionaries > Mozambique.
Revolutionaries > Angola.
Portugal > Colonies > Africa.
Guinea-Bissau > History > Revolution, 1963-1974.
Mozambique > History > 1891-1975.
Angola > History > Revolution, 1961-1975.
Guinea-Bissau > Relations > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Relations > Guinea-Bissau.
Mozambique > Relations > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Relations > Mozambique.
Angola > Relations > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Relations > Angola.
Révolutionnaires > Guinée-Bissau.
Révolutionnaires > Mozambique.
Révolutionnaires > Angola.
Portugal > Colonies.
Guinée-Bissau > Histoire > 1963-1974 (Révolution)
Mozambique > Histoire > 1891-1975.
Angola > Histoire > 1961-1975 (Révolution)
HISTORY / Africa / South / General
International relations.
Portuguese colonies.
Revolutionaries.
Africa.
Angola.
Guinea-Bissau.
Mozambique.
Soviet Union.
1891-1975
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:"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"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (pages cm).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781469665887
1469665883