General Information

Author/Creator

Filatova, I. I. (Irina Ivanovna) 1947-

Language

English.

Published

Johannesburg : Jonathan Ball Publishers, 2013.

Physical Description

xii, 553 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Contributors

Contributor

Davidson, A. B. (Apollon Borisovich) 1929-

Contents/Summary

Summary

The Hidden thread is a journey of revelation about the relationship between Soviet Russia and South Africa, hidden for most of its length. The story is told with insight and depth by Irina Filatova and Apollon Davidson, who have had a decades long association researching and writing on Russian and South African politics and history. This insightful work follows the often surprising twists and turns of the history of South Africa's relationship with Russia and its people which started in the eighteenth century and is still very much alive today.

Subjects

Subject

African National Congress > History > 20th century.

South Africa > Relations > Soviet Union.

Soviet Union > Relations > South Africa.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Irina Filatova and Apollon Davidson.

Content

Introduction : Why South Africa--and Russia? -- Three Centuries : Russia and South Africa Before the Soviet Era -- Enter the Bolsheviks -- New Politics and New Business Contacts -- In the Communist International -- Indoctrination or Scholarship? : Teaching and Studying South Africa at the Communist University of Eastern Toilers -- The 'New Jerusalem' : The USSR's Friends and Fellow Travellers -- Together against Hitler -- The Red Peril : the USSR in South Africa's Cold War Ideology and Policy -- Against Colonialism and Apartheid : South Africa in Soviet Theory and Policy in the Cold War Era -- The Secret War -- The Regular War -- The ANC, the SACP and the USSR -- Comrades in Arms : Soviet Military Aid to the ANC -- 'Moscow Gold', Soviet Universities and Much Else -- The Promised Land -- Perestroika : Winds of Change in the North -- Pretoriastroika : Winds of Change in the South -- Volte Face : Establishing Diplomatic Relations -- Just Another Country? -- Postscript : The USSR and the 'South African Miracle'.

ISBN

9781868424993

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	327.47068 FIL		OSA Repository	-

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