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Portugal's guerrilla wars in Africa : Lisbon's three wars in Angola, Mozambique and Portugese Guinea, 1961-74 / Al J. Venter

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Venter, Al J.
Published
Solihull, England : Helion & Company, 2013.
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1 online resource (545 pages)
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English.
Contents
Glossary; Foreword by Capt John P Cann USN; Acknowledgements; Prologue; Part 1: Portugal's Wars in Africa; Part II: War in Portuguese Guinea; Part III: The War Continues; Notes; Appendices; Select Bibliography; Index.
Summary
Nominated for the NYMAS Arthur Goodzeit Book Award 2013Portugal''s three wars in Africa in Angola, Mozambique and Portuguese Guinea (Guiné-Bissau today) lasted almost 13 years - longer than the United States Army fought in Vietnam. Yet they are among the most underreported conflicts of the modern era. Commonly referred to as Lisbon''s Overseas War (Guerra do Ultramar) or in the former colonies, the War of Liberation (Guerra de Libertação), these struggles played a seminal role in ending white rule in Southern Africa. Though hardly on the scale of hostilities being fought in South East Asia, th.
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ISBN
9781910294307 (electronic bk.)
1910294306 (electronic bk.)
9781909384576 (hbk.)
1909384577 (hbk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 478-481) and index.
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