Includes bibliographical references (pages 613-639) and index.

The Cuban drumbeat -- Neto, Castro, and Carter : a new beginning? -- The Cubans in Angola -- Strained relations : Cuba and Angola -- The fronts harden : the United States and Cuba, 1978-1980 -- C arter and Southern Africa : a balance sheet -- Enter Reagan -- Th e wonders of linkage -- Angolan travails -- The failure of Lusaka -- The United States, South Africa, and Savimbi -- The view from Cuba, 1984-1986 -- Havana and Moscow : conflicting strategies -- Negotiations in the offing? -- Cuito Cuanavale -- Maniobra XX XI aniversario -- Chester Crocker meets Jorge Risquet : talks about talks -- The negotiations -- The New York agreements -- Vision s of freedom.