9 Similar but Different: Czechoslovakia in Angola and Mozambique

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. On the Series V
3. Contents VII
4. 1 Introduction 1
5. Part I: Beginnings
6. Introduction 7
7. 2 The French and Italian Communist Parties, West Africa, and Congo: Solidarity and Cooperation Networks 15
8. 3 The USSR and Socialist Projects in East Africa in the 1960s 39
9. 4 Moscow in Search of Political Alliances and Partners: Botswana and Lesotho in the 1960s and Early 1970s 61
10. 5 Testing for “Genuine Revolutionary Leadership”: China’s Support of Liberation Struggles in Congo and Angola (1960–1966) 93
11. 6 Soviet and Chinese Perspectives on Coups in Africa in the 1960s 117
12. Part II: Turning Points
13. Introduction 145
14. 7 Communists as Agents of Decolonization in Angola’s Transition to Independence (1974–1977) 151
15. 8 Institutionalized Internationalism: Cuba, Angola, Ethiopia and the Socialist World (1975–1990) 189
16. 9 Similar but Different: Czechoslovakia in Angola and Mozambique 225
17. Part III: Endings and Comparisons
18. Introduction 245
19. 10 Communist Actors in Decolonization Processes: Namibia and South Africa Contrasted 249
20. 11 Soviet Public Engagements with the ANC: Disillusionments and Pressures 267
21. 12 Communist Support for the Liberation Struggle in Namibia: Diverging Visions and Practices 301
22. 13 Warmongering and Worldmaking: North Korean Diplomacy, African Decolonization, and the Pyongyang Conference of 1987 323
23. 14 Communist Actors in African Decolonial Transitions: Concluding Reflections 339
24. List of Abbreviations
25. Contributors
26. Index