Cherry, Janet.

Spear of the Nation (Umkhonto weSizwe) : South Africa's freedom fighters, 1960s-1980s / Janet Cherry. - Athens : Ohio University Press, 2011. - 156 p. ; 18 cm. - Ohio short histories of Africa . - Ohio short histories of Africa. .

Originally published under title: Umkhonto we Sizwe. Auckland Park, South Africa : Jacana, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The turn to armed struggle, 1960 -- The Wankie and Sipolilo campaigns, 1967 -- Struggling to get home, 1969 -- Reaping the whirlwind, 1984 -- The end of armed struggle -- A sober assessment of MK.

9780821420263 (pb : alk. paper) 9780821444436 (electronic)

2012020862


Umkhonto we Sizwe (South Africa)--History.
African National Congress.


National liberation movements--South Africa.


South Africa--Politics and government--1948-1994.

DT1796 / .U45 2011

322.420968 CHE