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This is a compelling and dramatic account of Cuban policy in Africa from 1959 to 1976 and of its escalating clash with U.S. policy toward the continent. Piero Gleijeses’s fast-paced narrative takes the reader from Cuba’s first steps to assist Algerian rebels fighting France in 1961, to the secret war between Havana and Washington in Zaire in 1964–65 — where 100 Cubans led by Che Guevara clashed with 1,000 mercenaries controlled by the CIA — and, finally, to the dramatic dispatch of 30,000 Cubans to Angola in 1975–76, which stopped the South African advance on Luanda and doomed Henry Kissinger’s major covert operation there.
Based on unprecedented archival research and firsthand interviews in virtually all of the countries involved — Gleijeses was even able to gain extensive access to closed Cuban archives — this comprehensive and balanced work sheds new light on U.S. foreign policy and CIA covert operations. It revolutionizes our view of Cuba’s international role, challenges conventional U.S. beliefs about the influence of the Soviet Union in directing Cuba’s actions in Africa, and provides, for the first time ever, a look from the inside at Cuba’s foreign policy during the Cold War.
Washington Post Book World
“Gleijeses’s research . . . bluntly contradicts the Congressional testimony of the era and the memoirs of Henry A. Kissinger. . . . After reviewing Dr. Gleijeses’s work, several former senior United States diplomats who were involved in making policy toward Angola broadly endorsed its conclusions.” — New York Times
“With the publication of Conflicting Missions, Piero Gleijeses establishes his reputation as the most impressive historian of the Cold War in the Third World. Drawing on previously unavailable Cuban and African as well as American sources, he tells a story that’s full of fresh and surprising information. And best of all, he does this with a remarkable sensitivity to the perspectives of the protagonists. This book will become an instant classic.” — John Lewis Gaddis, author of We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War History
Based on unprecedented research in Cuban, American, and European archives, this is the compelling story of Cuban policy in Africa from 1959 to 1976 and of its escalating clash with U.S. policy toward the continent. Piero Gleijeses sheds new light on U.S. foreign policy and CIA covert operations, revolutionizes our view of Cuba’s international role, and provides the first look from the inside at Cuba’s foreign policy during the Cold War. — >
Editions of Conflicting Missions
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780807826478
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780807854648
- EBook
- ISBN 9781469603360
- EBook
- ISBN 9780807861622
- PDF
- ISBN 9798890875228
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This is a compelling and dramatic account of Cuban policy in Africa from 1959 to 1976 and of its escalating clash with U.S. policy toward the continent. Piero Gleijeses’s fast-paced narrative takes the reader from Cuba’s first steps to assist Algerian rebels fighting France in 1961, to the secret war between Havana and Washington in Zaire in 1964–65 — where 100 Cubans led by Che Guevara clashed with 1,000 mercenaries controlled by the CIA — and, finally, to the dramatic dispatch of 30,000 Cubans to Angola in 1975–76, which stopped the South African advance on Luanda and doomed Henry Kissinger’s major covert operation there.
Based on unprecedented archival research and firsthand interviews in virtually all of the countries involved — Gleijeses was even able to gain extensive access to closed Cuban archives — this comprehensive and balanced work sheds new light on U.S. foreign policy and CIA covert operations. It revolutionizes our view of Cuba’s international role, challenges conventional U.S. beliefs about the influence of the Soviet Union in directing Cuba’s actions in Africa, and provides, for the first time ever, a look from the inside at Cuba’s foreign policy during the Cold War.
Washington Post Book World
“Gleijeses’s research . . . bluntly contradicts the Congressional testimony of the era and the memoirs of Henry A. Kissinger. . . . After reviewing Dr. Gleijeses’s work, several former senior United States diplomats who were involved in making policy toward Angola broadly endorsed its conclusions.” — New York Times
“With the publication of Conflicting Missions, Piero Gleijeses establishes his reputation as the most impressive historian of the Cold War in the Third World. Drawing on previously unavailable Cuban and African as well as American sources, he tells a story that’s full of fresh and surprising information. And best of all, he does this with a remarkable sensitivity to the perspectives of the protagonists. This book will become an instant classic.” — John Lewis Gaddis, author of We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War History
Based on unprecedented research in Cuban, American, and European archives, this is the compelling story of Cuban policy in Africa from 1959 to 1976 and of its escalating clash with U.S. policy toward the continent. Piero Gleijeses sheds new light on U.S. foreign policy and CIA covert operations, revolutionizes our view of Cuba’s international role, and provides the first look from the inside at Cuba’s foreign policy during the Cold War. — >
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What is Conflicting Missions about?
This is a compelling and dramatic account of Cuban policy in Africa from 1959 to 1976 and of its escalating clash with U.S. policy toward the continent. Piero Gleijeses’s fast-paced narrative takes the reader from Cuba’s first steps to assist Algerian rebels fighting France in 1961, to the secret war between Havana and Washington in Zaire in 1964–65 — where 100 Cubans led by Che Guevara clashed with 1,000 mercenaries controlled by the CIA — and, finally, to the dramatic dispatch of 30,000 Cubans to Angola in 1975–76, which stopped the South African advance on Luanda and doomed Henry Kissinger’s major covert operation there.
Based on unprecedented archival research and firsthand interviews in virtually all of the countries involved — Gleijeses was even able to gain extensive access to closed Cuban archives — this comprehensive and balanced work sheds new light on U.S. foreign policy and CIA covert operations. It revolutionizes our view of Cuba’s international role, challenges conventional U.S. beliefs about the influence of the Soviet Union in directing Cuba’s actions in Africa, and provides, for the first time ever, a look from the inside at Cuba’s foreign policy during the Cold War.
Washington Post Book World
“Gleijeses’s research . . . bluntly contradicts the Congressional testimony of the era and the memoirs of Henry A. Kissinger. . . . After reviewing Dr. Gleijeses’s work, several former senior United States diplomats who were involved in making policy toward Angola broadly endorsed its conclusions.” — New York Times
“With the publication of Conflicting Missions, Piero Gleijeses establishes his reputation as the most impressive historian of the Cold War in the Third World. Drawing on previously unavailable Cuban and African as well as American sources, he tells a story that’s full of fresh and surprising information. And best of all, he does this with a remarkable sensitivity to the perspectives of the protagonists. This book will become an instant classic.” — John Lewis Gaddis, author of We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War History
Based on unprecedented research in Cuban, American, and European archives, this is the compelling story of Cuban policy in Africa from 1959 to 1976 and of its escalating clash with U.S. policy toward the continent. Piero Gleijeses sheds new light on U.S. foreign policy and CIA covert operations, revolutionizes our view of Cuba’s international role, and provides the first look from the inside at Cuba’s foreign policy during the Cold War. — >
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Conflicting Missions?
History and Archaeology > History > History of the Americas
Where can I read a sample of Conflicting Missions?
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How long is Conflicting Missions and how many pages does it have?
Conflicting Missions has 576 page(s)
Is Conflicting Missions part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Envisioning Cuba
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Conflicting Missions?
Piero Gleijeses
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Conflicting Missions is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780807826478) and paperback(ISBN 9780807854648) and ebook(ISBN 9781469603360) and ebook(ISBN 9780807861622) and pdf(ISBN 9798890875228)
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