COLD WAR LIBERATION : the soviet union and the collapse of the portuguese empire in africa,... 19611975

Cover Halftitle Series Page Title Copyright Dedication Sustainable History Monograph Pilot Contents Illustrations and Maps Acknowledgments Abbreviations in the Text A Note on Transliteration Introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Conclusion Notes Bibliography 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. Drawing on newly available archival sources from Russia and Eastern Europe and interviews with key participants, Telepneva emphasizes the agency of African liberation leaders who enlisted the superpower into their movements via their relationships with middle-ranking members of the Soviet bureaucracy. These administrators had considerable scope to shape policies in the Portuguese colonies which in turn increased the Soviet commitment to decolonization in the wider region. An innovative reinterpretation of the relationships forged between African revolutionaries and the countries of the Warsaw Pact, Cold War Liberation is a bold addition to debates about policy-making in the Global South during the Cold War. We are proud to offer this book in our usual print and ebook formats, plus as an open-access edition available through the Sustainable History Monograph Project. Cold War Liberation examines the African revolutionarieswho 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 storythat focuses on both the impact of the Soviet Union on the end ofthe Portuguese Empire in Africa and the effect of the anticolonialstruggles on the Soviet Union, Natalia Telepneva bridges the gapbetween the narratives of individual anticolonial movements andthose of superpower rivalry in sub-Saharan Africa during the ColdWar. Drawing on newly available archival sources from Russia andEastern Europe and interviews with key participants, Telepnevaemphasizes the agency of African liberation leaders who enlistedthe superpower into their movements via their relationships withmiddle-ranking members of the Soviet bureaucracy. Theseadministrators had considerable scope to shape policies in thePortuguese colonies which in turn increased the Soviet commitmentto decolonization in the wider region. An innovativereinterpretation of the relationships forged between Africanrevolutionaries and the countries of the Warsaw Pact, Cold WarLiberation is a bold addition to debates about policy-makingin the Global South during the Cold War. We are proud to offer thisbook in our usual print and ebook formats, plus as an open-accessedition available through the Sustainable History MonographProject