Genesis of the ANC's armed struggle in South Africa 1948-1961

dc.contributor.authorEllis, Stephen
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-21T07:37:15Z
dc.date.available2013-06-30T00:20:04Z
dc.date.issued2011-12
dc.description.abstractRevelations made by veterans of the period, and the opening of various archives, have thrown significant new light on the origins of Umkhonto we Sizwe. It is now clear that the South African Communist Party (SACP) was the first component of the congress alliance to decide to launch an armed struggle against the apartheid state, in late 1960, having consulted the Chinese leader Mao Zedong in person. Only later was the issue debated in the senior organs of the African National Congress and other allied organisations. It has also become apparent that the first commander of Umkhonto we Sizwe, Nelson Mandela, was a member of the SACP. The main thrust of these observations is to demonstrate the degree to which the start of the armed struggle in South Africa was inscribed in the politics of the Cold War.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cjss20en_US
dc.identifier.citationEllis, S 2011, 'The genesis of the ANC's armed struggle in South Africa 1948-1961', Journal of Southern African Studies, vol. 37, no. 4. pp. 657-676.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0305-7070 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1465-3893 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/03057070.2011.592659
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/19620
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_US
dc.rights© Taylor & Francis. This is an electronic version of an article published in Journal of Southern African Studies, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 657-676, December 2011. Journal Southern African Studies is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cjss20.en_US
dc.subjectSouth African Communist Party (SACP)en_US
dc.subjectAfrican National Congress (ANC)en_US
dc.titleGenesis of the ANC's armed struggle in South Africa 1948-1961en_US
dc.typePostprint Articleen_US

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