LEADER 02496nam 2200565Ia 450 001 9910825676603321 005 20230725033941.0 010 $a0-8214-4443-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000241290 035 $a(EBL)1743599 035 $a(OCoLC)821735891 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000721802 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11956201 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000721802 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10693587 035 $a(PQKB)10316242 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1743599 035 $a(OCoLC)816041796 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse18621 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1743599 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10594475 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000241290 100 $a20111102d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSpear of the nation (Umkhonto WeSizwe) $eSouth Africa's liberation army 1960s-1990s /$fJanet Cherry 210 $aAthens, OH $cOhio University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (158 p.) 225 1 $aOhio short histories of Africa 300 $aOriginally published under title: Umkhonto we Sizwe. Auckland Park, South Africa : Jacana, 2011. 311 $a0-8214-2026-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aUmkhonto weSizwe, Spear of the Nation, was arguably the last of the great liberation armies of the twentieth century-but it never got to "march triumphant into Pretoria." MK-as it was known-was the armed wing of the African National Congress, South Africa's liberation movement, that challenged the South African apartheid government. A small group of revolutionaries committed to the seizure of power, MK discovered its principal members engaged in negotiated settlement with the enemy and was disbanded soon after. The history of MK is one of paradox and contradiction, of successes and 410 0$aOhio short histories of Africa. 606 $aHistory 607 $aSouth Africa$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aHistory. 676 $a322.420968 700 $aCherry$b Janet$01648504 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825676603321 996 $aSpear of the nation (Umkhonto WeSizwe)$93996695 997 $aUNINA