Cuba & Angola : fighting for Africa's freedom and our own / Fidel Castro, Raúl Castro, Nelson Mandela, the Cuban Five in Angola in their own words ; [edited by Mary-Alice Waters].
"Including accounts by four generals of Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces: Armando Choy, Gustavo Chui, Moisés Sío Wong, Luis Alfonso Zayas and Gabriel García Márquez on Operation Carlota."
Contents:
I. Defending Angola's independence and sovereignty. Consolidating a powerful bulwark against apartheid South Africa / Fidel Castro (September 1975) ; African blood flows through our veins / Fidel Castro (December 1975) ; Angola : an African Girón / Fidel Castro (April 1976) ; We staked everything in Angola / Fidel Castro (December 1988) ; All we take with us from Africa are the remains of our combatants who died fighting for freedom / Fidel Castro (December 1989) ; Thanks to Angola, we know better what we are capable of achieving / Raúl Castro (May 1991) -- II. An unparalleled contribution to African freedom. The crushing defeat of the racist army at Cuito Cuanavale was a victory for the whole of Africa / Nelson Mandela (July 1991) ; The most profound tribute ever paid to our internationalist fighters / Fidel Castro (July 1991) -- III. The Cuban Revolution was strengthened. The people of Cuba were behind our effort / Armando Choy, Gustavo Chui, and Moisés Sío Wong (2005) ; Our volunteers learned what Cuba used to be like / Luis Alfonso Zayas (2011) -- IV. The Cuban five in Angola : in their own words. Gerardo Hernández : Angola was a school for every one / Mary Alice-Waters (August 2010) ; Twelve men and two cats : with Gerardo Hernández and his platoon in Angola / Zenia Regalado with José Luis Palacio (March 2006) ; I learned more than from all the books I studied or could have studied / Fernando González (December 2012) ; Angola taught me that the most beautiful works are accomplished by imperfect men / René González (June 2005) -- V. Operation Carlota. Operation Carlota / Gabriel García Márquez (1977).
Summary:
"Twenty-five years ago, in March 1988, the army of South Africa's apartheid regime was dealt a crushing defeat by Cuban, Angolan, and Namibian combatants at the battle of Cuito Cuanavale in Angola. That triumph, South Africa's future president Nelson Mandela proclaimed, marked 'a milestone in the history of the struggle for southern African liberation.' With the victory at Cuito Cuanavale, Angola's sovereignty was secured. Namibia's independence was won. The deepening revolutionary struggle in South Africa received a powerful boost. And the Cuban Revolution too was strengthened. Between 1975 and 1991 some 425,000 Cubans volunteered for duty in Angola in response to requests from the Angolan government to help defend the newly independent country against multiple invasions by South Africa's white-supremacist regime, backed by its allies in Washington and elsewhere. Here this history is told by those who lived it and made it"--Page 4 of cover.
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