'An excellent introduction to the Third World alternative to the Cold War, from The League against Imperialism via the Tricontinental Conference to the Palestinian solidarity movement. There is so much to learn from this book for those interested in the history of anti-imperialist politics.' O. A. Westad, author of The Cold War: A World History
Introduction: Tricontinentalism and the anti-imperial project R. Joseph Parrott; Part I. Chronologies of third worldism: 1. Global solidarity before the Tricontinental Conference: Latin America and the League Against Imperialism Anne Garland Mahler; 2. Tricontinentalism: the construction of global political alliances Rafael Hernández and Jennifer Ruth Hosek; 3. The PLO and the limits of secular revolution, 1975–1982 Paul Thomas Chamberlin; Part II. A global worldview: 4. Fueling the world revolution: Vietnamese communist internationalism, 1954–1975 Pierre Asselin; 5. Through the looking glass: African National Congress and the Tricontinental Revolution Ryan Irwin; 6. The romance of revolutionary transatlanticism: Cuban-Algerian relations and the diverging trends within third world internationalism Jeffrey James Byrne; Part III. Superpower responses to Tricontinentalism: 7. Reddest place north of Havana: the Tricontinental and the struggle to lead the 'third world' Jeremy Friedman; 8. 'A propaganda boon for us': the Havana Tricontinental Conference and the United States response Eric Gettig; Part IV. Frustrated visions: 9. Brother and a comrade: Amílcar Cabral as global revolutionary R. Joseph Parrott; 10. 'Two, three, many Vietnams': Che Guevara's Tricontinental revolutionary vision Michelle D. Paranzino; 11. From Playa Girón to Luanda: mercenaries and internationalist fighters Eric Covey; Afterword: patterns and puzzles Mark Atwood Lawrence.