02523nam 2200565Ia 450 991078551530332120230725033941.00-8214-4443-3(CKB)2670000000241290(EBL)1743599(OCoLC)821735891(SSID)ssj0000721802(PQKBManifestationID)11956201(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000721802(PQKBWorkID)10693587(PQKB)10316242(MiAaPQ)EBC1743599(OCoLC)816041796(MdBmJHUP)muse18621(Au-PeEL)EBL1743599(CaPaEBR)ebr10594475(EXLCZ)99267000000024129020111102d2011 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrSpear of the nation (Umkhonto WeSizwe)[electronic resource] South Africa's liberation army 1960s-1990s /Janet CherryAthens, OH Ohio University Press20111 online resource (158 p.)Ohio short histories of AfricaOriginally published under title: Umkhonto we Sizwe. Auckland Park, South Africa : Jacana, 2011.0-8214-2026-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 andOhio short histories of Africa.HistorySouth AfricaHistory20th centuryHistory.322.420968Cherry Janet1507017MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785515303321Spear of the nation (Umkhonto WeSizwe)3737480UNINA