Peter Polack

Gebundenes Buch

The Last Hot Battle of the Cold War

South Africa vs. Cuba in the Angolan Civil War

Beschreibung

As the Soviet Union teetered on the edge of collapse during the late 1980s, and America prepared to claim its victory, a bloody war still raged in Southern Africa, where proxy forces from both sides vied for control of Angola. The result was the largest battle on the dark continent since Al Alamein, with forces from both sides paying in blood what

Autor

Peter Polack was formerly a criminal lawyer in the Cayman Islands, where his career spanned several decades. He is the author of The Last Hot Battle of the Cold War: South Africa vs. Cuba in the Angolan Civil War (2013), Jamaica, The Land of Film (2017) and Guerrilla Warfare: Kings of Revolution (2018). He was a contributor to Encyclopedia of Warfare (2013) and part-time reporter for Reuters News Agency. His work has been published in Small Wars Journal, Defence Procurement International, American Intelligence Journal, the Military Times, Foreign Policy News, the Miami Herald, Reuters, the Toronto Star and the New York Times. His upcoming book is entitled Soviet Spies Worldwide: Country by Country, 1940-1988.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Casemate
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9781612001951
• ISBN-10: 1612001955
• Artikelnr.: 36976366