Table of Contents
Acknowledgements ................................................................................. v
Dedication ............................................................................................... vii
Contributors ............................................................................................ viii
List of abbreviations ............................................................................... ix
1 Introduction ............................................................................................ 11
2 On our Borders: Namibia seeks its own Destiny .................................... 17
Ian Liebenberg
3 Tempest in a Teacup? The Angolan War as Cold War
Template, 1975-1989 ............................................................................... 35
Phil Eidelberg
4 The Militarisation of South African Society 1972-1988 ......................... 41
Ian Liebenberg
5 The Cubans in Angola, 1976-1990 .......................................................... 57
Hedelberto López Blanch
6 Beware, the Reds are upon us: Another View on the Relations
between South Africans and Russians .................................................... 69
Ian Liebenberg
7 The Soviet Involvement .......................................................................... 83
Vladimir and Gennady Shubin
8 Secret Solidarity: The Military Support provided for the Liberation
Movement in Angola by East Germany ................................................. 101
Klaus Storkmann and Ulrich van der Heyden
9 National Service and Resistance to Conscription
in South Africa, 1968-1989 ...................................................................... 111
Gert van der Westhuizen, Ian Liebenberg and Tienie du Plessis
10 Cuban Archives: Images of the Angolan War ........................................ 135
11 Russia: Images of a Far-Away War .......................................................... 143
12 Maps ........................................................................................................ 147
13 Dust, War, Far-away Theatres, Home fronts and Peace ......................... 151
14 Bibliography on the Border War ............................................................. 159
Gert van der Westhuizen
Index ........................................................................................................ 195
