Cold War in Southern Africa: White Power, Black Liberation

by Onslow; Sue

• ISBN13: 9780415474207
• ISBN10: 0415474205
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-08-14
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This edited volume examines the complexities of the Cold War in Southern Africa and uses a range of archives to develop a more detailed understanding of the impact of the Cold War environment upon the processes of political change. In the aftermath of European decolonization, the struggle between white minority governments and black liberation movements encouraged both sides to appeal for external support from the two superpower blocs. Cold War in Southern Africahighlights the importance of the global ideological environment on the perceptions and consequent behaviour of the white minority regimes, the Black Nationalist movements, and the newly independent African nationalist governments. Together, they underline the variety of archival sources on the history of Southern Africa in the Cold War and its growing importance in Cold War Studies. This volume brings together a series of essays by leading scholars based on a wide range of sources in the United States, Russia, Cuba, Britain, Zambia and South Africa. By focussing on a range of independent actors, these essays highlight the complexity of the conflict in Southern Africa: a battle of power blocs, of systems and ideas, which intersected with notions and practices of race and class This book will appeal to students of cold war studies, US foreign policy, African politics and International History. Sue Onslowhas taught at the London School of Economics since 1994. She is currently a Cold War Studies Fellow in the Cold War Studies Centre/IDEAS

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Cold War in Southern Africa: White Power, Black Nationalism and External Intervention

Racism, the Cold War and South Africa's Regional Security Strategies 1948-90

The USA and Apartheid South Africa's Nuclear Aspirations, 1949-1980

The impact of anti-communism on white Rhodesian political culture, ca.1920s-1980

The South African factor in Zimbabwe's transition to Independence

Non-alignment on the Racial Frontier: Zambia and the USA, 1964-68

Unsung Heroes: The Soviet Military and the Liberation of Southern Africa

Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? Jimmy Carter and Rhodesia

From Cassinga to New York: Cuba and the Struggle for the Independence of Namibia

The Angola/Namibia crisis of 1988 and its resolution

Conclusion

Introduction a Theoretical Basis

Language for Communication and Thinking

Developing Speaking and Listening Skills

Language Acquisition

Language Acquisition and the Development of Speaking and Listening Skills

Language Development, Speaking and Listening, and the Early Years

Foundation Stage Pointers for Speaking and Listening in the Early Years

Conclusion

Linking Sounds and Letters and Reading

Beginner and Developing Reader

Behaviours Emergent Literacy and Early Reading

The Importance of Story and Reading with Children

The Development of Phonological Awareness: Linking Sounds and Letters

Early Reading and the Early Years Foundation Stage

Pointers for Linking Sounds and Letters and Reading in the Early Years

Conclusion

Writing and Handwriting

Beginner and Developing Writer Behaviours

Emergent Literacy and Early Writing Sociocultural Theory and Early Writing

Early Writing and the Early Years Foundation Stage

Pointers for Writing and Handwriting in the Early Years Left-handed Children

Conclusion

Language for Communication Birth-20 months 16-36 months 30-50 months 40-60+ months

Language for Thinking Birth-20 months 16-3 months 30-60+ months

Linking Sounds and Letters Birth-20 months 16-3 months 30-60+ months

Reading Birth-20 months 16-3 months 30-60+ months

Writing Birth-20 months 16-3 months 30-60+ months

Handwriting Birth-20 months 16-3 months 30-60+ months

References

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