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Autore |
Cherry Janet |
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Titolo |
Spear of the nation (Umkhonto WeSizwe) [[electronic resource] ] : South Africa's liberation army 1960s-1990s / / Janet Cherry |
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Athens, OH, : Ohio University Press, 2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (158 p.) |
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Collana |
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Ohio short histories of Africa |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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History |
South Africa History 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published under title: Umkhonto we Sizwe. Auckland Park, South Africa : Jacana, 2011. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The turn to armed struggle, 1960 -- The Wankie and Sipolilo campaigns, 1967 -- Struggling to get home, 1969 -- Reaping the whirlwind, 1984 -- The end of armed struggle -- A sober assessment of MK. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Umkhonto weSizwe, Spear of the Nation, was arguably the last of the great liberation armies of the twentieth century-but it never got to "march triumphant into Pretoria." MK-as it was known-was the armed wing of the African National Congress, South Africa's liberation movement, that challenged the South African apartheid government. A small group of revolutionaries committed to the seizure of power, MK discovered its principal members engaged in negotiated settlement with the enemy and was disbanded soon after. The history of MK is one of paradox and contradiction, of successes and |
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