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The last of Africa's Cold War conflicts : Portuguese Guinea and its guerilla insurgency

Title
The last of Africa's Cold War conflicts : Portuguese Guinea and its guerilla insurgency / Al J Venter.
Author
Venter, Al J.
Publication
Barnsley, South Yorkshire ; Havertown, PA : Pen & Sword Military, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2020.

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Description
xxxiii, 210 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map; 24 cm
Summary
Portugal was the first European country to colonise Africa. It was also the last to leave, almost five centuries later. During the course of what Lisbon called its civilizing mission in Africa the Portuguese weathered numerous insurrections, but none as severe as the guerrilla war first launched in Angola in 1961 and two years later in Portuguese Guinea. While Angola had a solid economic infrastructure, that did not hold for the tiny West African enclave that was to become Guine-Bissau. Both Soviets and Cubans believed that because that tiny colony- roughly the size of Belgium - had no resources and a small population, that Lisbon would soon capitulate. They were wrong, because hostilities lasted more than a decade and the 11-year struggle turned into the most intense of Lisbon's three African colonies. It was a classic African guerrilla campaign that kicked off in January 1963, but nobody noticed because what was taking place in Vietnam grabbed all the headlines. The Soviet-led guerrilla campaign in Portuguese Guinea was to go on and set the scene for the wars that followed in Rhodesia and present-day Namibia.
Subject
  • 1963-1974
  • 1945-1989
  • Cold War
  • Insurgency > Guinea-Bissau
  • Insurgency
  • Guinea-Bissau > History > Revolution, 1963-1974
  • Guinea-Bissau
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
ReCAP 23-3379
ISBN
  • 1526772981
  • 9781526772985
OCLC
1137743394
Author
Venter, Al J., author.
Title
The last of Africa's Cold War conflicts : Portuguese Guinea and its guerilla insurgency / Al J Venter.
Publisher
Barnsley, South Yorkshire ; Havertown, PA : Pen & Sword Military, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2020.
Type of Content
text
still image
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Note
PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT.
Chronological Term
1963-1974
Chronological Term
1945-1989
Research Call Number
ReCAP 23-3379
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