Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part One Angola -- 1 Armed Struggle Begins -- 2 Zigzags of History -- 3 From the Portuguese Revolution to Angola's Independence -- 4 Second War of Liberation -- 5 Troubles Again -- 6 "General Konstantin" -- 7 Cuito Cuanavale and After -- Part Two Mozambique -- 8 Moscow and FRELIMO -- 9 Transitional Period -- 10 Independent Mozambique: Machel's Death -- Part Three Zimbabwe -- 11 ZAPU or ZANU? -- 12 Patriotic Front -- 13 Lancaster House -- 14 Moscow and Independent Zimbabwe -- Part Four Namibia -- 15 SWANU or SWAPO? -- 16 Co-operation Broadens -- 17 Armed Struggle Intensifi es -- 18 SWAPO's Victory -- Part Five Last But Not Least: South Africa -- 19 ANC: Co-operation Begins -- 20 Helping to Return Home -- 21 "Rebuilding" or Destroying? -- Postscript -- Notes -- Soviet Personalities -- Index.