A Plundering Tiger with Its Deadly Cubs? The USSR and China as Weapons in the Engineering of a “Zimbabwean Nation,” 1945–2009
A Plundering Tiger with Its Deadly Cubs? The USSR and China as Weapons in the Engineering of a “Zimbabwean Nation,” 1945–2009
This chapter deals with the rivalry between the USSR and China, and their exploitation of the third world countries in that context. It is believed that without the Cold War, Asia, Africa, and Latin America would have been different nations. In 1976, Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda spoke of the Soviet presence in South Africa as “a plundering tiger with its deadly cubs coming through the back door.” The Soviets and Chinese, on one hand, and the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU) and the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), on the other, transformed one another into weapons by teaching guerilla warfare. The chapter recounts the events that led the leaders of Zimbabwe to use China and Soviet Union for weaponry, and how the Soviets and the Chinese created African guerillas by recruiting civilians under false pretense.
Keywords: USSR, China, South Africa, Kenneth Kaunda, ZAPU, ZANU, African guerillas
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