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The CIA and British mercenaries in Angola, 1975-1976 : from operation IA/FEATURE to the massacre at Maquela

Title
The CIA and British mercenaries in Angola, 1975-1976 : from operation IA/FEATURE to the massacre at Maquela / Stephen Rookes.
Author
Rookes, Stephen
Publication
  • Warwick : Helion & Company, [2021]
  • ©2021

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Description
80 pages : illustrations, maps; 30 cm.
Summary
"The 1974 Carnation Revolution came as a blessing for independence movements in Portugal's African colonies: Angola, Mozambique and Portuguese Guinea. As had been the case in a number of sub-Saharan countries suddenly finding themselves free of the colonial yoke, the political vacuum left behind by a previously omnipresent power gave different factions the opportunity to impose their own form of rule. Angola was no different: civil war broke out in 1975 and was to last until 2002.In some ways the Angolan civil war bore similarities to the one which had taken place in neighboring DRC. Too much was at stake for the West not to intervene in some shape or form and in July 1975 President Ford authorized the CIA to provide covert assistance to the National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA) and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). With South Africa providing military support against a Cuban-backed Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), another southwestern African nation became the battleground for a war of ideologies. In 1975-1976, no fewer than nine different armed forces were involved in the fighting. In addition, a large group of British mercenaries were recruited to train FNLA soldiers. The role of these soldiers of fortune would end in ignominy, death and legislative changes intended to rid mercenaries from conflict forever."
Series Statement
Africa@war series ; 53
Uniform Title
Africa@War ; v. 53.
Subject
  • United States. Central Intelligence Agency > History > 20th century
  • United States. Central Intelligence Agency
  • 1900-2002
  • Mercenary troops > Great Britain > History > 20th century
  • Mercenary troops
  • Military participation > American
  • Secret service
  • Angola > History > Participation, American. > Civil War, 1975-2002
  • Angola > History > Secret service. > Civil War, 1975-2002
  • Angola
  • Great Britain
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • Cover title.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 70-72).
Call Number
ReCAP 22-9727
ISBN
  • 9781914059063
  • 1914059069
OCLC
1227273251
Author
Rookes, Stephen, author.
Title
The CIA and British mercenaries in Angola, 1975-1976 : from operation IA/FEATURE to the massacre at Maquela / Stephen Rookes.
Publisher
Warwick : Helion & Company, [2021]
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Africa@war series ; 53
Africa@War ; v. 53.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 70-72).
Chronological Term
1900-2002
Research Call Number
ReCAP 22-9727
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