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The last hot battle of the Cold War : South Africa vs. Cuba in the Angolan Civil War
- Title
- The last hot battle of the Cold War : South Africa vs. Cuba in the Angolan Civil War / Peter Polack.
- Author
- Polack, Peter, 1958-
- Publication
- Philadelphia : Casemate, 2013.
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Details
- Description
- 232 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Cold War (1945-1989)
- Angola > History > Civil War, 1975-2002 > Participation, Cuban
- Cuito Cuanavale, Battle of, Cuito Cuanavale, Angola, 1987-1988
- Military participation > South African
- Military participation > Cuban
- History
- Civil War (Angola : 1975-2002)
- Angola > Cuito Cuanavale
- Cold War
- Angola > History > Civil War, 1975-2002 > Participation, South African
- Cuito Cuanavale, Battle of (Angola : 1987-1988)
- 1945 - 2002
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographic references (pages 217-218) and index.
- Contents
- Cuito Cuanavale: an overview -- The Cuban forces -- The South African forces -- The FAPLA Soviet advisors -- The Angolan FAPLA -- The Angolan UNITa -- General Ben Ben -- The beginning of the end -- Commandant Robbie Hartslief -- The retreat -- The siege of Cuito Cuanavale -- The air war -- Casualties of the battle of Cuito Cuanavale -- Prisoners of war -- Ceasefire.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-8242
- ISBN
- 9781612001951 (hbk.)
- 1612001955 (hbk.)
- 9781612001968 (ebk.) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2014397845
- OCLC
- 843811457
- Author
- Polack, Peter, 1958- author.
- Title
- The last hot battle of the Cold War : South Africa vs. Cuba in the Angolan Civil War / Peter Polack.
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : Casemate, 2013.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographic references (pages 217-218) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1945 - 2002
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-8242