Visions of freedom : Havana Washington Pretoria and the struggle for Southern Africa 1976 1991 The Cuban drumbeat Neto Castro and Carter : a new beginning The Cubans in Angola Strained relations : Cuba and Angola The fronts harden : the United States and Cuba 1978 1980 Carter and Southern Africa : a balance sheet Enter Reagan The wonders of linkage Angolan travails The failure of Lusaka The United States South Africa and Savimbi The view from Cuba 1984 1986 Havana and Moscow : conflicting strategies Negotiations in the offing Cuito Cuanavale Maniobra XXXI aniversario Chester Crocker meets Jorge Risquet : talks about talks The negotiations The New York agreements Visions of freedom During the final fifteen years of the Cold War southern Africa underwent a period of upheaval with dramatic twists and turns in relations between the super powers. Americans Cubans Soviets and Africans fought over the future of Angola where tens of thousands of Cuban soldiers were stationed and over the decolonization of Namibia. Beyond lay the great prize: South Africa. This book provides an international history of this important theater of the late Cold War