South Africa and the Soviets in the Eighties

By 19 87, after fruitless negotiations, the m p l a got whipped at a battle at the lomba river by the south africans. At this point, fido castro stepped with his commanders to take over and offer a new military vision from the soviet advisers. So this is now a war again, a sequel, if you will, going on in the eighties. It's important to note that at this point, brane has gone. Gorbachof is the leader of the us. S r, and has set the socialist block as a whole on a conciliatory path with the united states.