Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959-1976

by Piero Gleijeses

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807854646
• ISBN13: 9780807854648
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"