{"exhibit":{"title":"Cuba In Africa: A Westadian Analysis of Cold War Historiography Through the Case Study of Angola","description":"<p><em>Are you interested in learning about the Cold War but do not know where to start as a result of the vast array of literature?<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><em>Do you seek to better understand the nebulous complexities of local nuance between various actors in the global South independent of and beyond the drawn-out narrative of Washington vs. Moscow?<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>If so, search no further; this exhibit will guide you through the historiography of the Cold War, and how, in turn, we can reapproach the conflict from a more considerate perspective with respect to political actors outside of the Washington-Moscow Axis.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>The goal of this exhibit is to present the historiography of the Cold War in brief, emphasizing the importance of modern scholarship behind Odd Arne Westad; to present the theme of internationalist solidarity through Cuba in Africa from a Westadian perspective, helping reject and detach from the traditional \u201cCold War lens\u201d; to demonstrate the agency held by African and other third-world actors alike outside of the Moscow-Washington axis; to emphasize the altruistic Cuban devotion to their idealist principals of communist solidarity with the communist third world; and to show American and Soviet ignorance to Cuban affairs in Africa at the time, and thus the ideological independece of Cuba in Africa.<\/p>","credits":"Researched and created by Joel Arsenault, University of Ottawa (Winter 2021)","featured":0,"public":1,"theme":"","theme_options":null,"slug":"cuba-in-africa","added":"2021-04-23 21:20:25","modified":"2021-04-28 19:32:15","owner_id":209,"use_summary_page":1,"cover_image_file_id":88,"id":37},"item":{"item_type_id":6,"collection_id":null,"featured":0,"public":1,"added":"2021-04-28 07:36:51","modified":"2021-07-17 23:18:11","owner_id":209,"id":333}}