Based on unprecedented research in Cuban, American and European archives, this is an account of Cuban policy in Africa from 1959 to 1976 and of its escalating clash with US policy towards the continent. Piero Gleijeses aims to shed new light on US foreign policy and CIA covert operations, revolutionize the view of Cuba's international role and provide the first look from the inside at Cuba's foreign policy during the Cold War.

About the Author
Piero Gleijeses is professor of American foreign policy at the School of Advanced International Studies at the Johns Hopkins University. He is author of Shattered Hope: The Guatemalan Revolution and the United States, 1944-1954.

Reviews
"Fascinating... and often downright entertaining.... Gleijeses recounts the Cuban story with considerable flair, taking good advantage of rich material." - Washington Post Book World; "Gleijeses's research... bluntly contradicts the Congressional testimony of the era and the memoirs of Henry A. Kissinger." - New York Times; "With the publication of Conflicting Missions, Piero Gleijeses establishes his reputation as the most impressive historian of the Cold War in the Third World." - John Lewis Gaddis, author of We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War History



Book Information
ISBN 9780807854648
Author Piero Gleijeses
Format Paperback
Page Count 576
Imprint The University of North Carolina Press
Publisher The University of North Carolina Press
Weight(grams) 819g