{"product_id":"cold-war-liberation-natalia-telepneva-9781469665863","title":"Cold War Liberation: The Soviet Union and the Collapse of the Portuguese Empire in Africa, 1961-1975","description":"\u003ci\u003eCold War Liberation\u003c\/i\u003e examines the African revolutionaries who led armed struggles in three Portuguese colonies--Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea-Bissau--and their liaisons in Moscow, Prague, East Berlin, and Sofia. By reconstructing a multidimensional story that focuses on both the impact of the Soviet Union on the end of the Portuguese Empire in Africa and the effect of the anticolonial struggles on the Soviet Union, Natalia Telepneva bridges the gap between the narratives of individual anticolonial movements and those of superpower rivalry in sub-Saharan Africa during the Cold War. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDrawing on newly available archival sources from Russia and Eastern Europe and interviews with key participants, Telepneva emphasizes the agency of African liberation leaders who enlisted the superpower into their movements via their relationships with middle-ranking members of the Soviet bureaucracy. These administrators had considerable scope to shape policies in the Portuguese colonies which in turn increased the Soviet commitment to decolonization in the wider region. An innovative reinterpretation of the relationships forged between African revolutionaries and the countries of the Warsaw Pact, \u003ci\u003eCold War Liberation\u003c\/i\u003e is a bold addition to debates about policy-making in the Global South during the Cold War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe are proud to offer this book in our usual print and ebook formats, plus as an open-access edition available through the Sustainable History Monograph Project. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Natalia Telepneva\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1469665867\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781469665863\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/06\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.68d","brand":"Natalia Telepneva","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43944631140607,"sku":"9781469665863","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_57b9ae42-1a2d-4f92-ae57-158541745376.jpg?v=1681504479","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cold-war-liberation-natalia-telepneva-9781469665863","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}