African stalingrad: The Cuban revolution, internationalism, and the end of apartheid

Latin American Perspectives

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 81-117

  Saney, Isaac ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APARTHEID; INDEPENDENCE; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33747657256     PISSN: 0094582X     EISSN: 1552678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0094582X05281111     Document Type: Article

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