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Book Title
Spear of the Nation: Umkhonto Wesizwe : South Africa's Liberation Army, 1960s-1990s
Publication Name
Spear of the Nation: Umkhonto weSizwe
Title
Spear of the Nation: Umkhonto weSizwe
Subtitle
South Africa’s Liberation Army, 1960s–1990s
Author
Janet Cherry
Format
Trade Paperback
ISBN-10
0821420267
EAN
9780821420263
ISBN
9780821420263
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Genre
History, Social Science, Political Science
Topic
Africa / General, Revolutionary, Violence in Society, Africa / South / Republic of South Africa, World / African
Release Date
06/08/2012
Release Year
2012
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Height
0.5in
Item Length
7in
Series
Ohio Short Histories of Africa
Publication Year
2012
Item Width
4.5in
Number of Pages
156 Pages

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Umkhonto 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 failures. In this short study, which draws widely on the personal experiences of--and commentary by--MK soldiers, Janet Cherry offers a new and nuanced account of the Spear of the Nation. She presents in broad outline the various stages of MK's thirty-year history, considers the difficult strategic and moral problems the revolutionary army faced, and argues that its operations are likely to be remembered as a just war conducted with considerable restraint.

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Publisher
Ohio University Press
ISBN-10
0821420267
ISBN-13
9780821420263
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117343308

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Book Title
Spear of the Nation: Umkhonto Wesizwe : South Africa's Liberation Army, 1960s-1990s
Author
Janet Cherry
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Africa / General, Revolutionary, Violence in Society, Africa / South / Republic of South Africa, World / African
Publication Year
2012
Genre
History, Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
156 Pages

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Item Length
7in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
4.5in

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Dt1796.U45 2012
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"Cherry ... examines the ideological, moral, and strategic debates within the ANC and MK that led to its successes, failures, and remarkable restraint in comparison with those of other liberation armies. ... Drawing on interviews with former MK members and testimony before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Cherry analyzes the MK within the broader context of proxies in the war between communism and capitalism as it played out in Vietnam, Africa, and South America." -- Booklist, "Cherry … examines the ideological, moral, and strategic debates within the ANC and MK that led to its successes, failures, and remarkable restraint in comparison with those of other liberation armies. … Drawing on interviews with former MK members and testimony before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Cherry analyzes the MK within the broader context of proxies in the war between communism and capitalism as it played out in Vietnam, Africa, and South America." -- Booklist, "Cherry ... examines the ideological, moral, and strategic debates within the ANC and MK that led to its successes, failures, and remarkable restraint in comparison with those of other liberation armies. ... Drawing on interviews with former MK members and testimony before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Cherry analyzes the MK within the broader context of proxies in the war between communism and capitalism as it played out in Vietnam, Africa, and South America." --  Booklist, Cherry … examines the ideological, moral, and strategic debates within the ANC and MK that led to its successes, failures, and remarkable restraint in comparison with those of other liberation armies. … Drawing on interviews with former MK members and testimony before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Cherry analyzes the MK within the broader context of proxies in the war between communism and capitalism as it played out in Vietnam, Africa, and South America." —  Booklist, "Cherry ... examines the ideological, moral, and strategic debates within the ANC and MK that led to its successes, failures, and remarkable restraint in comparison with those of other liberation armies.... Drawing on interviews with former MK members and testimony before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Cherry analyzes the MK within the broader context of proxies in the war between communism and capitalism as it played out in Vietnam, Africa, and South America."-- Booklist
Copyright Date
2011
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2012-020862
Dewey Decimal
322.420968
Series
Ohio Short Histories of Africa Ser.
Dewey Edition
23

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